TwitterI Give Him Some Credit
15 Dec 2007
This is a true apology and not the junk Jason Giambi said.
It really bothers me that he did it in the first place, but I respect Andy for standing up and telling the truth. I hope others will follow his example, but I don’t expect them to. And, yes it bothers me that he starts it off with “If what I did was an error in judgement….” Of course it was!
Dec 15, 2007 @ 21:22:49
Peter, I was already typing this comment when I finally read your last sentence.
It really bothers me too that Pettitte isn’t sure if it was a bad idea.
When he talks about not trying to get an edge, just to heal faster, isn’t healing faster getting an edge???
I do give him credit though. This admission makes Clemens’ situation even dicier.
Dec 15, 2007 @ 23:32:27
This is a great post from a angst- and whine-free blog:
“I’m sure the owners are steaming that a player like Pettitte would do something illegal to try to aid in healing an injury. The correct way is to let the injury heal in time. Don’t push yourself. You are getting paid whether you are on the DL or mot. Don’t worry about the peer pressure of not being there for your teammates.
In other words – do a Carl Pavano.”
Dec 15, 2007 @ 23:45:44
Guys
The tragedy of this whole thing to me is that what Pettitte did today is probably going to be a rare exception. Clemens and Bonds are never going to apologize. David Justice has never heard the name Radomski. The players don’t get it and while it is hard to cheer anyone who cheated I am glad that he apologized. That makes it Jay Gibbons and Andy Pettitte, still waiting on the other players and people like Fehr and Selig who oversaw this mess.
Dec 15, 2007 @ 23:46:45
And Andy, you nailed the biggest thing about this, it puts the screws to Clemens because now we know for sure that McNamee told the truth about Pettitte.
Dec 17, 2007 @ 10:05:36
It didn’t strike me as a particularly sincere apology. But there are degrees of guilt here, and hopefully Pettite’s use was as minor as he says it was.
Dec 18, 2007 @ 12:41:03
check this article out on espn.com
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hill/071217&sportCat=mlb&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab8pos1
I can’t fully believe Andy Pettitte yet but I am not convicting him either.
Dec 18, 2007 @ 14:35:16
It’s a fair critique BL, up to a point. FP’s apology is a much better one, but I don’t think it is fair to think that Pettitte did what he did for reasons other than he said.
Is Pettitte a cheater? Yes, he certainly was in 2002. Does that mean he was another time? I am not ready to make that jump.
Dec 18, 2007 @ 16:52:44
I am not questioning his motives, strictly the duration. 2 days? I don’t buy it.
Dec 19, 2007 @ 00:31:54
Bl
I totally understand why you think that. It’s like when Giambi hit 37 home runs in 2006. I assumed he had injected something because he had lost the benefit of the doubt.
I just hope we get an effective test for HGH before the 2008 season.