Pete , your Mets had tons of players that used steroids and other illegal substances.. Did you forget about these guys. I bet that yourooted for them. Here are just a few...... Mo Vaughn, David Segui, Scott Schoenweiss, Todd Pratt, Chris Donnells, Hundley, Matt Franco, Paul Lo Duca, MikeCameron, Josias Manzanillos... Heck, I'm tired of copying names from the internet. There were many others. If they got caught and did theirpunishment, paid their fine, then let them be. If they are playing , I'm sure that they are being tested more frequently than someone that's neverbeen caught.

Not to mention the Met crackheads...... Gooden and Strawberry. They even admitted using while playing in 1986! By the time the Yankees got these two, theyhad cleaned up their act. These two did their time (suspension, jail time, fine...) Then they deserved another chance.

If there was no penalty back then , then you can't penalize the player in 2009. A-Rod always gets the most negative press. Manny Ramirez is sometimesroasted in the press but I've never seen David Ortiz being roasted by the press.

You can't focus on A-Rod in such a negative way. He had an outstanding year and he missed the first 6 weeks due to hip surgery. Pete, you should prayeverynight that at least 1 Met player produces similar results in 2010 playing a whole year.


As for role models, I wouldn't want my kid to use any athlete or movie star or singer as a role model.
maribell