Feb 18 2008
Drugs on the job
I read an article today about how Andy Pettitte (a baseball player for those of you who don’t give a shit about baseball or sports) was really sorry that he took HGH and then lied about how many times he took it. I’m not going to wax philosophically about whether or not congress should be involved in sports drug cases (they shouldn’t) but I laugh every time I read or see these ding-dong’s on TV crying and apologizing with typically no other real consequences. The worst may be a social shunning for a period of time, but shit, Bonds is still fucking around isn’t he. Try this exercise on for size, it always cracks me up. Take any of these cases (either performance enhancing or recreational drugs) and spin the perspective of an average Joe at your place of work. In the case of Pettitte, he called a press conference in a tent, behind third base for Christ sakes, with his manager AND teammates Jeter, Rivera, and Posada there to support him. They all hugged and cried and felt really good about themselves after the revelation (click here for full article).
Now feature this. This guy you know that works the 2nd shift at your plant gets busted smoking weed, let’s call him Joey Bologna. He calls a press conference behind line #4 with a couple of his shift buddies, his supervisor, and his union rep. They all cry and apologize to each other and then Joey reads from a prepared statement about how he smoked weed only once or twice because he had a nagging knee injury. Then he gets to go back to work. That’s what really happens right? In your dreams fuck-face.  Joey gets the shit-can and he and his buddies retire to Joey’s rusted-out van to burn one and bitch about how shitty their jobs are. And then Joey can’t find another job because the assholes that just fired him won’t give a stoner a reference.
These prima-donna athletes fucking piss me off…
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I couldn’t agree more. These overpaid fucksticks get way too many “chances” and some poor schmo gets fired from his crappy job for a lesser offense.
Yeah, but they have to put up with shitheads like me talking about them; that’s no bargain.
I would like to see a Congressional investigation into performance enhancing drug use in the porn industry…
Picture a tearful Ron Jeremy with his manager on one side and a bevy of beauties on the other explaining he only used Viagara once or twice… And then a guy delivers a pizza and a random orgy breaks out…
Now that’s worth watching!
that’s an awesome analogy. makes me want to get in a rusty van and fire one up!
This is why I don’t watch professional sports. I mean, it’s not even a game anymore. Except for Rugby, most especially Australian Rules Rugby. And occasionally hockey. But that’s as far as I go.
Dumbasses.
Andy Petite, Mr. christian himself a lying cheater. shocking. I’m a big yankee fan so I don’t really care what the fuck he does as longas he gets outs. the holier than thou shit is tiresome though. I was at a Yankee playoff game a few years back and he gave up a big homerun and I was pissed off so I started yelling, “Where’s your God now Petite?” My fellow Yankee fans were not not amused.
….And professional athletes THAT PLAY GAMES get millions a year, while people who save lives, keep the utilities flowing and hauling your waste away are paid just enough to keep them breathing.
Makes you wonder about our society, eh?