Its more simple than you think. While its true that A-Rod and 100 other of his peers had their urine tests confiscated in a questionable manner by federal prosecutors, the players all knew they were doing something wrong. But why is A-Rod being singled out? And seemingly outed by his peers? It’s not the fact that he is clearly a great player – as was Bonds and Clemens whom fell into similar question – it is because of the way A-Rod rolls. His friends and social structure are the jet-set celeb, the uber famous, and not other players or family. Other players, regardless of wealth, identify with peers. A-Rod does not.
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This post was written by bobsikes on February 18, 2009
Good point.
This is good thinking, but I wonder if you have the direction of the causality right. It seems like you could make just as good an argument that he hangs with the jet-set crowd because he’s been rejected by his peers. In all probability, the two probably reinforce each other and create a vicious circle.