Posted on 04/23/2015 10:47:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Congressman Pete King (R-NY) supports the Yankees’ refusal to celebrate as Alex Rodriguez approaches a historic baseball milestone, pulling within two home runs of Willie Mays on the career home runs list.
“I think they’re right, because it’s obvious that so many of his home runs were tainted,” King told TMZ Sports. “I think it would be wrong to be celebrating ... since for all we know, hundreds of those home runs probably occurred when he was taking steroids."
Rodriguez, who is not in the lineup for Thursday's afternoon game against the Tigers, has hit 658 dingers compared with Mays’ 660 – but without the needles and syringes, A-Rod would probably still have a long way to go.
At least 220 of A-Rod’s career homers came during six seasons that he is known to have been steadily abusing muscle-building drugs that added oomph to his swing. Many more came in seasons where his accomplishments are under suspicion for his close association with a banned strength trainer and a Canadian doctor convicted of drug offenses.
That helps explain why the Yankees will refuse to pay A-Rod a bonus they once agreed upon should he match Mays at No. 4 on the list. Take away the tainted round-trippers, and Rodriguez is way down the list (albeit behind a lot of other proven dopers from the Steroid Era).
A-Rod’s dirtiest seasons can be broken down into two categories: the ‘Boli years (2001-03) – when Rodriguez was using Dominican steroids with his cousin, Yuri Sucart – and the Biogenesis years (2010-12), when he was scoring his drugs from the clinic of Anthony Bosch, who is now in prison for drug distribution.
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pete king .... so what
nothing better to do...???????????????
Little Pete is running for president and no one cares.
It has to suck to be not important.
Ruth never faced a black (they called them negro) pitcher, or black outfielders, for that matter. Some of the best players in the country were not allowed to play against him,
A-Rod is a great ballplayer. It is a shame that his career will be tainted. You could pump me up with a 55 gallon drum of steroids, and it would only make the sound of the whiff of my strikeout sound a tad louder. I like history, and all time lists. I will (quietly) celebrate when he passes Mays, or hits #700. But the all time home run list isn’t what it used to be.
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