theparkerfamily
The quick brown fox jumped over the good, but lazy Parker family.
a bloated contract from the yankees that signifies everything wrong with modern baseball. a personality uniquely unsuited to (and unappreciative of) the public spotlight. a track record of behavior on (and off) the feild that is awkward at best, or painfully embarrassing at worst.
but, with this week’s revelations about your steroids use you have a chance to turn a new leaf, and the respect of an entire nation of baseball fans.
in short, it’s up to you to save baseball.
baseball needs *you* to come out of this latest round of steroid rumors better than you went in. the public can’t handle ten years of continual reminders of the steroids era as you bat your way towards the top of the home run list.
we need you to hit this one out of the park for us. the key? a good, thoughtful, honest response from you.
first off, let’s see what you don’t do … let’s look at how everyone else took their turn at the steroids plate. barry bonds lied (that didn’t work out so well). roger clemens denied (and is still digging his grave). mark mcgwire refused to talk (good luck with your next 10 years in new york if you choose that path). rafael palmeiro’s “i didn’t know what i was being injected with” defense has proven to be less then effective as well.
so, let’s try something different … like, being honest.
yes, you used steroids, but it was only one season (right?) way back in 2003. since then, you’ve been the most tested athlete on the planet, so people will be reasonably receptive to the notion that you aren’t still using.
so, let’s get a head of this thing and say:
i know that’s a lot to say, but you have the chance to quite literally shift the landscape of baseball with just one press conference.
please, mr. rodriguez … as the biggest figure in baseball, and the idol of everybody this side of boston, so you are uniquely positioned to save baseball from the steroids era.
and, who knows, if you do this right … you may just earn your way back into the hall of fame at the same time.
sincerely,
baseball nation