Roy Oswalt's Excellent Rant On A-Rod And Steroids
Sometimes a player gets it even if for selfish reasons. Notwithstanding such, Oswalt is right. Here's what he said:
"A-Rod's numbers shouldn't count for anything," Oswalt said in a phone interview with MLB.com. "I feel like he cheated me out of the game."
"It does bother me," Oswalt said. "Especially for the guys that went out there and did it on talent. We're always going to have a cloud on us, and that's not fair at all.
"The ones that have come out and admitted it, and are proven guilty, [their numbers] should not count. I've been cheated out of the game," Oswalt continued. "This is my ninth year, and I've done nothing to enhance my performance, other than work my butt off to get guys out. These guys [who took PEDs] have all the talent in the world. All-Star talent. And they put times two on it. (...)
"The few times we played them, when he got hits, it could have cost me a game," Oswalt said. "It could have cost me money in my contract. He cheated me out of the game and I take it personally, because I've never done [PEDs], haven't done it, and they're cheating me out of the game."
Now here is why Oswalt is right. First, cheaters in real life have to forfeit. Play an ineligible player in a college game even for 3 seconds and you forfeit. It's that simple. You lose the game.
Next, his contract as a pitcher is predicated on things such as wins, era, and whip. If someone got hits off him that otherwise wouldn't have and teams scored runs off him that they otherwise wouldn't have, then Oswalt and other clean pitchers got cheated out of contract money.
Oswalt has a point and it's refreshing to see some athletes speak out honestly. The fact that this is so rare is disturbing,.
"A-Rod's numbers shouldn't count for anything," Oswalt said in a phone interview with MLB.com. "I feel like he cheated me out of the game."
"It does bother me," Oswalt said. "Especially for the guys that went out there and did it on talent. We're always going to have a cloud on us, and that's not fair at all.
"The ones that have come out and admitted it, and are proven guilty, [their numbers] should not count. I've been cheated out of the game," Oswalt continued. "This is my ninth year, and I've done nothing to enhance my performance, other than work my butt off to get guys out. These guys [who took PEDs] have all the talent in the world. All-Star talent. And they put times two on it. (...)
"The few times we played them, when he got hits, it could have cost me a game," Oswalt said. "It could have cost me money in my contract. He cheated me out of the game and I take it personally, because I've never done [PEDs], haven't done it, and they're cheating me out of the game."
Now here is why Oswalt is right. First, cheaters in real life have to forfeit. Play an ineligible player in a college game even for 3 seconds and you forfeit. It's that simple. You lose the game.
Next, his contract as a pitcher is predicated on things such as wins, era, and whip. If someone got hits off him that otherwise wouldn't have and teams scored runs off him that they otherwise wouldn't have, then Oswalt and other clean pitchers got cheated out of contract money.
Oswalt has a point and it's refreshing to see some athletes speak out honestly. The fact that this is so rare is disturbing,.
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