Whoever is reading this: hi! I'm Carolyn, I've been meaning to do the blog thing for quite some time but I never really knew where to start but recent events have inspired me to get it going...what the hell, right? So before you sink yourself into my rants and ramblings there are a few things you should know..
1) I'm very much a girls girl but I LIVE for sports. I'm crazy, nuts, passionate, and all the rest that a sports fanatic is. I get very emotional about my teams and when people say "calm down, it's just a game, its just sports" I really have to hold myself back from punching them in the face. Because if you're a real sports fan, you know its SO MUCH MORE than just a game.
2) I love baseball. Football too, and college basketball (Go Terps!) but baseball will probably be the general focus of this blog. People who say that baseball is boring are just not intellectual enough to be able to appreciate the beauty of America's greatest pastime. Sorry if that offends you, but really it's the truth. Because there is nothing more exciting about 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th with the bases loaded- when every single pitch could completely redefine the outcome of the game. It's thrilling and I am completely mesmerized.
3) Carolyn = New York. I have lived in South Jersey just 15 minutes outside of Philly for virtually my entire life but I am a New Yorker at heart. My entire family is from the city or North Jersey so I've been raised in the world of New York sports-- so you can throw all thoughts of calling me a frontrunner out the window. That infuriates me. So you should know, as much as I try to hold back my biases, this blog may posssssibly be frequently focused on the New York Yankees-- love them or hate them, they are the greatest team in sports history. Fact. I think it pretty much goes without saying that I am a DIE HARD Yankees fan. I could go on all day. I also worship Derek Jeter, not just because he's very good looking, but because he is what baseball is all about, or at least SHOULD be. I could go on all day about him too. (random fact: about 3 weeks ago I got a puppy and I named him Jeter.) I'm also a die hard NY Giants fan, still holding onto the fond memories of Superbowl XLII (18-1 HAHA!!!!).
So just keep those things in mind, but I always welcome a good healthy debate (but if you're a Red Sox fan or an Eagles fan... be warned: I may bite.)
I admittedly was slightly aloof this past baseball season, it was really just painful. I've spent the past couple days with my nose buried in The Yankee Years, written by the greatest manager of all time, Joe Torre. It's like a fantasy for me, recreating the magical moments of my childhood when the Yankees were just...sigh. (I just sat here for 5 minutes trying to find a way to describe those Yankees and I'm at a loss for words.) However, today's headline on ESPN.com certainly snapped me right back to reality: "REPORT: A-ROD TESTED POSITIVE"
Let me preface by saying there's nothing that has proved this to be legitimate, barely any hard facts have been given, it is unstated what the "substance" exactly was...these reports are lacking a lot of information right now so I'm not throwing anyone under the bus so fast. But UGH.
First let me say, I defend the guy so much and it gets exhausting. He's a fantastic athlete, there's no doubt about that, steroids or no steroids: I mean 104 players tested positive that year and they didn't all win the MVP! But regardless of that, Alex keeps getting himself involved in things that just disappoint me. And as a girl who's just getting so excited for baseball season (PITCHERS AND CATCHERS NEXT WEEK) these reports are just the last thing I want to be reading right now. I want to be able to say he's a Yankee but he keeps making it harder for me to ever do so...really Alex, I want to like you, but you're killing me.
HOWEVER, as far as I know, Alex has not tested positive since then. So while I think Alex often brings these things upon himself, I DO think that the huge magnified glass on him gets a little ridiculous. The steroids ordeal goes FAR BEYOND Alex; the fact that the media is making this into another Alex Rodriguez issue is just BS. Like I said, 104 players tested positive that year-- this isn't about A-Rod, its about MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. With the Mitchell Report and all this other crap, this steroid business has become a WITCH HUNT. What good will uncovering every single player who has ever used enhancement drugs do? How could that POSSIBLY solve the problem?? I don't have any thoughts on a potential solution, but certainly I don't think that all of craze and investigating is solving anything at all...in fact, it's just making the situation worse. It's really just a shame that the media is so focused on picking players apart like this...and to think that this is the industry that I'm striving to be a part of.
Okay, I don't even know if I'm making sense anymore so I can't discuss this any further right now...I'll go off on tangents like you won't believe and probably end up pulling a Plax and shooting myself in the leg (yeah, it never gets old). We'll see if any more scandalous news arises. But until then, back to the book-- the Yankees are about to win the '99 World Series and all is well in the world of baseball.
Peace, Love, and David Cone
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