So poor Jay-G gets to be the fall guy for all the ‘roid takers, saying sorry - although legally he can’t say what he’s sorry for. Ah. To quote the boyband Take That, “whatever I said, whatever I did, I didn’t mean it…”
On the one hand, schadenfreude says, Nelson-style, ha-ha! On the other, I actually do feel somewhat bad for the guy, since others seem to be getting away with murder. Plus while Giambi is to blame, heaping everything onto one guy ignores the systemic faults that created all these steroid users. Of course, the fact that Giambi is collecting New York’s $80 million without passing Go helps…
Incidentally, I note that once you’re the “villain”, they run really unflattering photos of you to rub it in. From ESPN today:
Could his facial hair be any more emphasised? Heck, just a little more hair in that pic and he’d look like Cornelius from Planet of the Apes:
