After making his initial apology, in the two minute snipit of his long exclusive interview on ESPN with Peter Gammons, Alex Rodriguez screwed up. Again.In the full interview that aired on the 6 p.m. Eastern SportsCenter, A-Rod proved that he doesn't understand what this interview was supposed to be.
This interview was supposed to be the only way A-Rod could save face. It was supposed to be the interview in which A-Rod came out on top. It was supposed to be his saving grace from the public humiliation he would have faced had he lied about steroid use again.
Instead, while he did admit and apologize for steroid use, and may have won over a few fans, he also made some comments that didn't convince me for a second he was telling the truth.
If only Tim Roth's character in FOX's new drama Lie To Me, Cal Lightman, could analyze the tape on this week's episode. He'd probably find lies all over A-Rod's face.
First, he had to attack Selena Roberts, the SI.com journalist that broke this bombshell of a report on Saturday morning. He accused her of stalking him, tresspassing his property and trying to break into his house while his children were sleeping. Sports Illustrated commented during a break in the interview on SportsCenter calling the allegations absurd and untrue. It turns out that that there was an incident with Miami police, where Roberts tried to gain access to Rodriguez's gated community in Miami, although she apparently never entered his property. It also appears that this incident was minimal.
Furthermore, when asked about his nickname "A-Fraud" in Joe Torre's new book The Yankee Years and whether he heard the name in the clubhouse, he first said "never". Then he admitted just minutes later than in fact he had heard it and that the team jokes around with him about it all the time.
Granted, whether or not he was called A-Fraud isn't that big of a deal. But if that's not enough, he said he had never heard the names of the drugs he took. Does that sound believable to you? A guy so conscious of his own image, a guy who cares what everyone thinks of him wouldn't know what drugs he was taking? Over a span of three seasons?
And finally, he claims that when Union Head Gene Orza told him that he may or may not have tested positive for steroids in 2004, he took the comment at face value and never questioned whether he tested positive or not. Come on. That's ridiculous.
A-Rod would have been much better off just apologizing and being done with it. But instead, he had to make many evasive and potentially false statements and attacked a journalist with accusations that appear untrue.
A-Fraud, he truly is.
Well done. I like the Cal Lightman reference to the new TV show Lie to Me. I also noted that when he made statements about telling how sorry he was, his chin jutted forward each time - clearly a sign of a lie as Dr. Lightman would say. He showed no remorse as their were no wrinkles on his forehead and his eyebrows twitched which is another sign of lying. Lie to Me or lie to us Mr. Aroid.
ReplyDeleteAroid did not admit to taking steroids. He admitted to taking PED's. He probably had to vague for legal reasons and couldnt directly admit that he took steroids ala the way Giambi "confessed".
ReplyDeleteFYI, the "incident" regarding Selena Roberts: A-Rod lives on a public island off the coast of Miami. She wanted to go into his community, a guard explained that they only let people onto the island that are identified since many big-named people live there. The police report states that they were dispatched to explain this to her, and apparently the police apologized for dispatching to meet her in the first place because she did nothing wrong.
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