I love sports!

I had a chance to be on the radio last night and talk about two things very close to my heart, sports and my career! I sat in the studio before I went on just listening to the two hosts just chat about sports. The best comparison that I could come up with is that they were just two guys sitting in a bar watching the bottom line and talking about the lead stories in the sports world for that day. So I came to the conclusion that outside of playing a sport, talking about sports and getting paid for it is the second best job in the world (maybe 3rd behind Bill Gates' job). Think about it, when you're a sports fan you're always chatting and debating about sports. Go even further and think about this, they basically get paid to watch sportscenter. Follow closely with me on this one. If you're a guy on the radio who talks about sports you have to do your research to form your own opinions and I don't know if there's a better platform for keeping up with the sports world than sportscenter. So in turn they are getting paid to watch TV!!

One topic that we touched on was Mark McGwire finally coming clean with his steroid use. However many years later he finally decided to release the burden that was weighing him down...but why now?? Why couldn't he have done this when he was first accused of it? Look at a guy like Manny Ramirez who missed 50 games last year because of a positive test. He admitted he was wrong, moved on, and everyone else seemed to move on and continuously love watching Manny be Manny. In my opinion now that this is all out about McGwire you give it a year and for the most part it will all be forgotten and maybe the HOF will be his next stop. Here's my main problem with people hating on guys who took steroids or PED's: When a guy hits a lot of homeruns he is automatically questioned, why couldn't it just be thought of as he did something different with his swing, found something new, found some new confidence, or maybe...wait for it...was blessed with god given ability and he finally has tapped into it?? We only question guys who go from 20 to 40 homeruns, but what about those guys that go from 5 to 15 homeruns?? I don't think you will ever here someone accuse a player of taking steroids after he hits 15 homeruns. Or how about a guy who goes from playing 100 games in a season to 150 games?? Steroids keep you fresh and on the field, that's how those guys hit more homeruns because they play in more games close to %100 which in turn gives them more focused at bats meaning they have more opportunities to hit homeruns, it's as simple as that. Why hasn't Cal Ripken Jr.'s name ever come up in steroid or PED talks? Is it just because he didn't hit a ton of homeruns? His record, to me, is by far the most impressive streak in any sport and I have an unbelievable amount of respect for him as a player and for his love of the game, but why doesn't anyone ever question his streak? With all that said; to play baseball for a living and work that hard all the time to pursue something that you have that much passion for you have to be so mentally strong and when you get a taste of what it's like you don't want to lose it and you will do anything to keep hold of that dream...think about that.