“It’s just that A-Rod was supposed to be the one who was above it,” my buddy argued last night. ”We all wanted him to be the guy who broke the home run record cleanly.”
And in the docket of historic cock-and-bull stories, that line was filed right next to the same buddy’s assertion that he’d “rather go 18-1 and lose the Super Bowl than 14-6 and win.”
You gotta be freaking kidding me. A bleeding heart Red Sox fan like this guy doesn’t want A-Rod breaking the HR record any more than he wants to see Manny in pinstripes.
And something tells me this isn’t an attitude monopolized solely by Boston freaks. The highest paid player in baseball who plays for the most hated team in the league. Yeah, I know, everyone was really pulling for him. Much in the same way I’m enthusiastically rallying behind mercury poisoning.
As far as the consensus goes, this couldn’t have happened to a better athlete. How hard had it been for the vast majority to ever concede A-Rod’s irrefutable talent? No one liked giving props to the guy who not only had his obscene salary working against him, but worse, his uniform.
That quandary has since evaporated, leaving everyone with the liberating freedom to bash the man whose MLB franchise cap was always in the shadow of Damocles’ sword.
More than ever, the past few weeks have demonstrated the inconsistency hallmarking the so-called value sets that the public has shielded itself with. A-Rod’s admission of guilt and apology was, in essence, the most perfectly crafted move. He confessed. He apologized. And he did so early in the game.
And before the crazed critics unleash their fury, consider a month ago when our beloved Commander-in-Chief made a regrettable first round draft pick for the Treaurer spot.
The guy slated to manage the nation’s bank is revealed to be your garden variety tax evader. Obama took swift accountability: “I screwed up.” At most, I rolled my eyes at the whole thing. But the public response to this was sheer absurdity.
“What a breath of fresh air. Thank you President Obama for admitting your mistakes and having the guts to admit it on national TV. In my books, you are off to a good start!”
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