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I am fed up with the whole steroids issue in baseball.  Do I think the majority of the players in the game were using them in the 90's and up until they were tested for in 2004?  Absolutely, and I likewise think that most players are probably using HGH right now because there is no test for it.  My problem is, I love baseball too much to stop watching, so I keep watching a product that I know is flawed.  I wish I had the power to turn it off, but I don't.

That doesn't mean I can excuse certain things.  Hearing Bud Selig say that anyone shamed the game when he ruled the league during this whole period makes me sick.  When players stand up and try and explain why they did this stuff it makes me sick too.  I wish baseball would just step forward and admit that they all screwed up and that they all have blood on their hands.  None of them are innocent here, from the players to the managers to the owners, they all participated in this.  

Despite my weariness over all of this, I tuned into the MLB Network interview with Selena Roberts tonight.  It was done live on the eve of the publication of her new book.  

Now, before I comment on the interview, let me set a few things straight.  I am not an A-Rod fan.  I hoped the Yankees would wash their hands of him when he opted out in 2007.  But, I am also a Yankees' fan and I understand that I need Alex to produce if the Yankees are going to win.  One thing the steroids and free agency eras have taught me is you truly do "root for the laundry".  A-Rod may be the biggest phony and biggest jerk in the game, but as long as he wear the pinstripes, I am going to hope he gets that hit, drives in that run, etc..  It's not an easy position to take and I wonder how I will explain that to my daughter when she becomes old enough to cast a critical eye on the players her father roots for.

With that being said, Selena Roberts makes me feel cold.  I am not sure what the reason is, but I draw the conclusion that she simply doesn't like Alex and she wants to ruin him.  She uses a lot of anonymous sources and there are a lot of people (like the Rangers Michael Young) who have come out and questioned her story.  Jason Whitlock, who also works for Fox Sports, wrote a very interesting piece on Roberts today.  I have no doubt that A-Rod failed that steroids test in 2004, but I have a lot of questions about the other claims Roberts makes.  His life has been ripped apart by everyone, why has Roberts escaped that kind of criticism, especially as Whitlock says, in light of the Duke case?

I don't know what the answer is, but right now I get the sense we are all pawns in a game between two very flawed players.  Roberts has her agenda, A-Rod his.  I just want to get back to baseball.