1:25PM: Apparently there will be a doorbuster-style media entrance to the press conference because as of now, this is the best MLB.com could do.
1:39PM: Still just the studio B-team. They just said A-Rod was "projected" to answer questions from the media. They are running on empty in terms of material.
1:44PM: OMG, He's 14 mins late! Press conferences are never late! John Heyman said he's not going on until 1:48 because he arrived fashionably late to the facility. The man does know how to be the center of attention. They guys in studio are killing him for it.
1:49PM: It's A-Rod!!!!
2:02PM: He won't name his cousin. I don't know how many cousins he has, but that shouldn't be that difficult to find out...2:05PM: God apparently has put him in this position. And he is here to help the kids.
2:07PM: It was "amatuer hour" and he "probably didn't even do it right". I think he was actually talking about the time he and his cousin made a plastic bong out of a Pepsi bottle and didn't inhale, though.
2:09PM: A-Rod says those 25 guys are a family and that this crisis will bring them together. He also said he owes them an apology... and then thanks them again. "I'm Sorry". It's not that hard.
2:14PM: Kat O'Brien of Newsday has a lisp and asked the question about the "loosey-goosey" atmosphere. Priceless.2:16PM: Joel Sherman asked him why he would inject himself 36 times with something if he didn't know how it helped him or if he was doing it right. Not surprisingly, A-Rod's answer was less than complete.
2:18PM: He benched 310 in high school but only benches 240 now?
2:25PM: And that's that.
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I'm here for the 5:00 free crack giveaway.
ReplyDeleteWhat? Why's everyone standing around for? Did I miss it?
Hahaha - I should have probably put the word out, but I wasn't sure I'd be able to pull it off.
ReplyDeleteI think I believed him (probably because I want to). I'm not sure why he would lie given this unique opportunity to air all mistakes. Also, he should have told his teammates that he was sorry for being a screwup. However, he did sound stupid. He was right, he should have went to college.
ReplyDeleteIf he did believe that Boli was not a steroid, I will not crucify him for lying to Katie Couric, etc.
I can certainly empathize with dumb mistakes made as by 24/25 year old...I had never thought about it that way before. I guess it's that we expect our "heroes" to not make mistakes, but at the end of the day we are all humans.
As far as the Yankees having a great season this year, I think he was telling the truth!