GOOD GUESS!!!!!!! HAHA it was that dick. here's what i wrote to him, let me know what you think:
This is in response to Jeff Jacobs' article on Friday, December 3, entitled "Financially, This Cheater Will Still Prosper."
Mr. Jacobs, Abraham Lincoln said, "better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." Please don't misunderstand me, I never thought you were a fool, in fact, i previously enjoyed your articles in the sports section. That is until you didn't "remain silent" when you chose to "speak out" about something you clearly know little, and almost surely nothing about.
What I'm talking about, Mr. Jacobs, is your pathetic attempt to belittle steroids. Let me ask you a question, Mr. Jacobs. What do you know about steroids? Now I'm not asking about what you think you know because of what you saw on the "story of the week" on some TV show or what you read in an article in some newspaper. What FACTS do you actually know about steroids? My guess is that you know absolutley nothing. If I am mistaking, and you do, in fact, know something, or anything for that matter, about steriods, clearly it is not very much judging by your article. Instead, why not put your time, and good writing skills, to a better use? Perhaps write about the dangers of some "legal" drugs, cigarettes and alcohol. Combined, cigarettes and alcohol, both of these accepted, legal drugs, have killed 100% more people than anabolic steriods ever have, and for that matter, ever will, because steroids have never killed anyone. Show me a study, Mr. Jacobs, or ANYTHING for that matter, that proves "the ravages of steriods could lead to an early death". That is complete nonsense.
There are too many quotes of yours that I could endlessly debate, but I'll just choose my "favorites"....
"He is a junkie. He is a liar. He is a cheater."
To put it bluntly, Mr. Jacobs, let me explain to you why you are wrong. In today's society, where I thought people were getting better than to stereotype others on a mere whim, it seems I was wrong. People who use steroids are junkies? Are you even trying to be serious? We're not talking about street heroin here. We are talking about drugs that are prescribed to patients by doctors in the United States, and are actually legal over-the-counter drugs in many other countries around the world. Sure, steriod ABUSE is harmful. But name an abuse that ISN'T (gambling? alcohol? anything?).
To label Mr. Giambi as a "junkie" because he used steroids is a pretty pathetic attempt at trying to give your story the media's coveted "shock value" to make your story seem interesting. So, world reknowned superstar, 7-Time Mr. Olympia, current Governor of the State of California, and one of the biggest, if not the biggest movies stars in history, Arnold Schwarzenegger, he can be labeled by you a "junkie" in a single word?
Secondly, sure Mr. Giambi may have lied. Why do you think he did so, Mr. Jacobs? Well, I'll tell you why,for the same reason Arnold always denied it, because people know nothing about steriods. When people know nothing about something, they start assuming. It reminds me of the Salem Witch trials or McCarthyism. It's people like you, the media, and especially the sports media, look for EVERY single little "nothing" and try to make it into "something". Is just reporting who won the game not enough anymore? Must you hold ahtletes under microscopes and crucify them because they choose to live their lives the same as you and I, minus the attention? Should they be held more accountable for their actions because they are famous and your kids look up them? Absolutely not. It's not Mr. Giambi's fault your kids' hearts will be broken when this story hits the news. It's yours because of your slanderous nonsense. Would it have been better had he told the truth to begin with? Perhaps. Mr. Giambi lied because he knew what kind of contempt society views steroids, and it's that same mindset that you share, Mr. Jacobs, which is that of making judgments about something you know nothing about. Did Arnold lie? Sort of. Why? Because he knew that if he would've admitted to using steroids every teenage who ever picked up a dumbell would go out and try them. Is that his fault? No. It's the fault of parents who allow their children to mindlessly worship those people and things that aren't important in life, like athletes, instead of their own family and friends and values.
Thirdly, Mr. Giambi is not a cheater. Like you even stated in your article, "in 2003, when Giambi admitted he was using, there was no punishment-only a survey-in place." So, Mr. Jacobs, it's clearly NOT cheating when there are NO steroids laws in MLB. By your logic, Allen Iverson should also be held in contempt of cheating. He carries the ball, an illegal action, almost every single time down the court, yet he does so because the NBA doesn't enforce it. Should he be castrated? How about Shaquille O'Neal? He uses his mammoth size and has his way with defenders in the paint, which is "against" the rules. Should he be punished? In Mr. Giambi's case, there WERE NOT even any MLB rules in place that made steriods illegal. Did he have an unfair advantage? Perhaps. Maybe the ball traveled a few feet further after he crushed the ball.
But "if Giambi hadn't hit those two homeruns in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, it would only have been an 85-year Red Sox curse.", COME ON!!! So if Giambi hadn't used steroids the Red Sox would've won the series, went on to the World Series, and won that??? Mr. Jacobs, surely you're smarter than that. AGAIN, steroids won't make you hit homeruns, nevermind even help you connect with a 90+MPH fastball. What they WILL do is MAYBE give the ball a few more feet if you DO happen to connect.
So please, Mr. Jacobs, do us a favor from now on and use Honest Abe's advice. Please "remain silent" on issues you know nothing about, that way you won't seem so foolish. As a matter of fact, prove your not a fool and take steroids. Then you could be a Major League ballplayer and be hitting homeruns because it's that easy, right? And if you think I wrote this article because I'm a bitter, resentful Yankee fan, and I'm protecting one of my players, you're dead wrong. In fact, I'm actually a DIE HARD Red Sox fan.
Sincerely,
AJ
p.s. To the H.C. sports staff:
FYI: The information that you posted on the feminine drug Clomid is wrong. It doesn't "enhance the effect of testosterone and mask the use of steroids in drug tests."
Clomid is used as a recovery drug during Post-cycle Therapy after a cycle of steroids. It gets your natural testosterone production going again, because your natural testosterone gets shut down once steroids (synthetic testerone) are introduced into your body.