McGwire continues to be vilified totally in spite of his "confession." Yet, the furor over A-Rod seems to have disappeared and Andy Pettitte was almost interrupted in the middle of his revelation with cries of "We forgive you, Andy." Why are some exonerated and others persecuted? Well, I have a theory.
McGwire, Bonds and Sosa used PEDs to break some long-standing and revered records: those of Babe Ruth, Roger Maris and Hank Aaron. Records are usually broken and baseball did celebrate the emergence of these new records until...we discovered they cheated. While A-Rod, Pettitte and Jason ("I'm sorry for...something") Giambi were castigated to some degree, they didn't break any major records. Yet. It seemed easier to forgive those transgressions for that reason.
In spite of the talk of returning to the old home run records and the denial of the Hall of Fame, those tainted numbers are, and will always be, in the books. It does not help that none of them can seem to tell the WHOLE truth which angers us even more. We still await the tearful, or otherwise, stories from Barry (Creme & Clear) Bonds, Roger ("I'll sue") Clemens and Sammy ("No hablas Ingles") Sosa. We may even be due a confession from Bud ("What happened?") Selig.
CP
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