At first, Guillermo Mota said the right things. He was happy to be back and grateful for the support of his teammates. It wasn’t a feel good story to begin with, but it went downhill fast.
I didn’t care for a lot of the questions. I don’t care how Mota feels now. I don’t care how he felt watching his team play without him.
What I cared about was why he did it. Why would a guy with a supposed fastball like his cheat? He knew wrong from right, so why did he give to temptation?
His weak response: “I made my statement. I just want to play baseball.’’
Is that so? I really don’t care what Mota wants. Until he, and anybody else guilty of using answers why, then nothing they have to say is of any interest to me. If Mota gives it up, the appropriate question should be: Could you have gotten him out if you were using steroids?
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I kind of chuckle when some Mets fans say Mota is different because he apologized, because the fact is he was caught red handed and Bonds and Giambi weren’t. Mota really had no choice. But also, does anyone really believe his apology given last year wasn’t made at the urging of his agent and possibly the Mets organization? Does anyone really believe those words weren’t created by his agent and/or a PR person?
Sure Mota is sorry. He’s sorry he got caught!
To Gail (RE: Mota)
Of course not. His agent wrote the apology. And, how upset could the Mets really have been to sign him for two years?
And again, as true as that may be, the apology and admission does mean more than Bond’s deflection and elusiveness. And again, if Mota does it again, he should be out of baseball forever.
It doesn’t matter who provoked it, or who wrote it. His response kept the Mets from looking like that Yankees all year long like last year with Giambi. He did the right thing. Mota could have said no, and not apologized, made some half-assed excuse and been on his way like everyone else. But he owned up, and that counts for something.
Get off the high-horse. They’re athletes that are overly glorified. Minor increases in performance means millions of dollars and thousands of adoring fans and women. Just about everyone else would do it too, despite the risks.
How many of you have cheated on your taxes? On a test or plagiarized an essay? Just about everyone has taken shortcuts for their own benefit… These players are no different.
Am I disappointed it seems just about every baseball player was using steroids? Yes.
But I don’t understand this virulent hatret. It baffles me. Well, that’s not entirely true. I just think these haters casually display their own ignorance.
To Strong (RE: condoning)
Nobody is on a high horse. Just calling it as I see it, and I attach my name to it. Which is better than condoning it as you do as a shadow. That’s not strong, but weak.
What gets me is how so many people are outraged at Bonds, McGwire, Palmeiro, et al. just because they were good while they were using performance enhancers. It’s not like a lot of people around them were using, as well. Get real. The only reason to hate Bonds is because he’s a jerk to the media; you can’t expect him to admit to using steroids because more people would probably hate him for breaking the HR record while cheating. And if he denies knowledge, obviously everyone will think he is lying. I would vote him into the HOF based on his stats compared to other players around him and the fact that steroids were not illegal/tested for in baseball even though they were illegal in the country.
To Brandon (RE: Bonds HoF)
What kind of logic is that? It’s illegal in the country, but not baseball? There are a lot of reasons to hate Bonds other than his sour relations to the media. That’s just one of many. You say you would vote for him based on his stats compared to other players … well, how honest are those stats?
gentry— Mota had nothing to gain by saying no. He was already suspended and caught. He had everything to gain by putting out a statement that he may or may not even have believed in and which someone else wrote for him.
Comparisons to Giambi are poor. Giambi never failed a test. We all saw what happened when he attempted a vague apology last week. He was hauled into the commissioner’s office and grilled by attorneys. He was put at risk for suspension or worse. So Giambi, and Bonds, and anyone else, have a helluva lot to lose if they apologize for something they didn’t even test positive for.
Strong—not everyone used steroids and not everyone would even given the opportunity. Those who didn’t were at a disadvantage. It wasn’t an even playing field. If you’re fine with that, that’s your choice. But don’t tell others they can’t despise the cheaters who made a mockery of some of the record books. I despise the cheaters.
Brandon—No, one can hate Bonds for cheating too. Not just because he’s a jerk. I don’t know why you think only the good ones are hated. I think most people who hate steroids abusers hate them whether they stink it up or excel. It doesn’t matter. I don’t expect Bonds to voluntarily come out and apologize unless he’s first caught with a test (or he’s actually indicted for perjury). But that doesn’t mean he’s fooling anyone now or that I don’t despise him now. I do.
To Gail … nice job.
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