Matt's Die-Hard Cleveland Sports Blog

I find it incredibly hard to believe that I now think Giambi is even more of a scumbag that i've considered him to be the last few years. when Giambi wept throughout the 2003 and 2004 claiming he was a victim of bad luck because he'd mysteriously become so injury prone, it evident to everyone that he was a roided-up monster who was denying the obvious truth of the situation, yet Giambi continued to cry day after day about why everyone was secretly (and openly) wondering if he was a ‘roid guy. he really seemed genuinely surprised – and eventually annoyed – that reporters were constantly barraging him with questions about BALCO, steroids, and performance enhancers. and this is a reflection on how quirky our sensationalistic society is. we all know that everyone loves a good scandal, but lately, scandals only arise when someone continually lies about something everyone else knows is true. bill clinton lied for 18 months about getting a blowjob and was nearly kicked out of the white house, but president bush readily admitted (laughing the whole way through) that he did piles of cocaine and the story was forgotten about quicker than bush could snort another fat line. seriously, this was in the papers for one day. I mean, for godsake, our commander and chief was coked up for a decade of his life and no one cared for the simple reason that bush admitted it! and the same idea applies to this whole beyond-absurd steroid situation. it's clear to everyone on the planet that Giambi and bonds are roided-up monsters who juiced their way to mind-boggling offensive productivity, yet they continually deny their usage and therefore are forced to call press conference after press conference during which they never admit the obvious truth; therefore causing them to put out more fires, answer more questions, and call more press conferences during which they continue to be evasive. this has already gone on for 2 years. and then there's gary Sheffield, another obvious 'roid guy. but after numerous denials he finally comes clean in fall 2004, is called a scumbag by the national media for a few hours, and then is forgiven. i don't even remember hearing one comment during the entire ALCS last year mentioning that he admitted he was on 'roids...because that's how our culture operates. instead of forgive and forget it's just forget. the forgiving part never even materializes because there's always another scandal lurking that needs to be uncovered on put on the front page. in this case, an admission of steroid use is only front page news the day after the confession, and after that there's always something else the publishers feel is more scandalous. so why did giambi call that damn press conference today and not admit anything???? he gave vague, evasive answers and barely even alluded to using steroids. he simply said today that when he testified in front of the grand jury last year that he told the truth. and that was it. so you know what's gonna happen next week? another press conference. more steroid allegations. more microphones and tape recorders waiting for him at his locker. and you know what will happen in 2 weeks? the same. and in a month from now? the same. and giambi wonders why he's being harassed. you have to be a dumb guy to take steroids in the first place, but you have to be a buffoon to think you're fooling anyone, especially yourself.