Alex Rodriguez is still the best player of all-time.  

With or without steroids, Rodriguez is still better than anybody else that has ever played on a major league baseball field. There are 275 million reasons why A-Rod flirted with steroids. And heck, he probably lied to us again on the interview with ESPN's Peter Gammons. 

Rodriguez didn't need steroids to be the best player of all-time, he was anyway. What Rodriguez did is warp himself into a culture. 

He was the best hitter in the game as a lanky teenager with the Seattle Mariners while facing juice-filled pitchers that threw harder than humanly possible. He simply evened the score by partaking in steroids. 

This whole mess is as asinine as making a big deal out of Michael Phelps. Were we so naive to think A-Rod was clean? If you think anything in sports is pure, you are lying to yourself. 

It starts swaying off the path at a young age, and continues to get worse. Personally, I don't care if these athletes are on fish tranquilizers or eat steroids for breakfast. 

I want to see a man run an 8.99 in the 100. I want to see a 400-pound defensive tackle run a 4.1 in the 40. I want to see a man hit the ball 1,000-feet. 

These baseball traditionalists baffle me. Like the baseball Hall of Fame is a sacred place with the highest moral standard. 

Pete Rose is a Hall of Fame player. A-Rod is with or without steroids. Same with Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. 

What is cheating anymore? As they say, if you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin'. 

There is no Hall of Fame that is more numbers-conscious than the baseball Hall. A-Rod's numbers warranted inclusion before he turned to juice, while he was on juice, and after he was on juice if you believe he's still not on something. You cannot erase history. We want to see the long ball, and we will pay top dollar to watch it take place. 

Indirectly, cheating put money in pockets of those who didn't do it right along with them. Indirectly, they're part of the problem. Fewer home runs mean fewer tickets sold. It's not rocket science. It's just the way it is. 

If you participated in the steroid era and you didn't join in the fun, it sucks to be you. You lost a lot of money. You might have a cleaner conscious for not having done steroids, but cheating sells. Cheating puts asses in the seats at the ballpark. 

Sports are not, have not, and never will be pure. Athletes have always been and will always be above the law. If you can throw harder or hit a baseball further than anybody else, you are in a special category. 

I didn't make the rules and odds are those reading didn't make the rules either. This was established long before the internet. As a society-as sorry as this sounds-we worship athletes. We give them a free pass. When was the last time 110,000 people filled The Big House to watch a single mother take care of three children? Which is harder and more impressive? 

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