Big Papi Did Steroids, But It's Cool...Seriously

This Article Originally Published at GetOutofMyBallpark.com

So out it came. Juicin'. '04, '07, Manny, Papi. Without question, if they aren't in Boston those years, we get no hardware.

It's really important to begin with that statement so that people know I'm still sane...but honestly, Papi did steroids, and I'm cool with it.

We all knew it already when it took him a zillion plus games to hit his first dinger this year, and even if that wasn't a direct result of him stopping when he did, it was enough to introduce the suspicion and condemn him subconsciously—the irony of course being that we were all right.

But I'm not givin' back squat. I'm keeping my World Series trophies and I'm still rooting for Big Papi. Sure, if he was a Yankee, or Manny, or a pre-existing a-hole (or Rod), then ya, I'd freakin' hate him...but he isn't. He's a guy that has been universally loved by every member of the Nation and he and his wife Tiffany have been model community citizens.

Big Papi is good for Boston and for baseball. Barry Bonds was a pre-existing a-hole and A-Rod is so despicable that the best thing we could say about him was "at least he isn't Bonds." (Now we can just hate them both regardless... which is nice.)

I'm cool with Papi because his equation still checks out. Whether or not you are one of the greats is a formula.

Clemens was an a-hole (negative), but he was a dominating pitcher who mastered the mound (double positive). Clemens' equation before steroids checked out because even though he was an a-hole, he was also The Rocket. Introduce steroids and he's just some a-hole on drugs, his equation got thrown all out of wack.

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