Sports Talk Radio Live From The Psychiatric Ward With Your Favorite Madman Ed Hammerhand

So, yes, A-Rod (and the rest of baseball) used steroids. Is it really that big a surprise? Does it really matter? America loves its sports and for many the local sports team is all they got in their lives, it is their only escape, their only bit of hope, sports have become the modern day religion, along with the Walmart super center, 1000 cable channels and frozen food that comes in a bag pop it in a machine and zap it on high for two minutes 30 seconds and dinner is served. It might seem to some that most things American these days are on steroids. We have put these men in the spotlight, worshipped them, turned an industry in which these men used to have jobs in the off season to make ends meet into a billion dollar marketing machine. When 10 extra home runs a year means a million dollars, why not take that juice (one of my favorite scenes in The Wrestler is when The Ram is buying all his steroids from that monster of a man in the locker room). And let's stop here for a minute, and rewind before we get ahead of ourselves. Steroids do not make you a better athlete. Hitting a baseball is one of the hardest things to do in sports. I played college baseball and hitting a home run is one of the greatest feelings in the world, but with that said, if you fail 7 out of 10 times you are a hall of famer. A-Rod is one of the greatest natural talents I have seen in my short existence. If steroids and big muscles were what made you great, then half of New Jersey and all of Staten Island and Long Island would be in the majors....and batting fifth playing left field Franky "The Golden Guido" Biceps. America, stop putting the blame on the players, and perhaps focus on the higher powers (Bud Selig) that allows this rampant drug abuse to occur. Selig is the one killing baseball. And for anyone who wants to talk about steroids and how bad a drug they are, I hope you are vegetarian and don't want to talk about all of the drugs we put in our animals, aka the steroids in your steaks and Double-Double (thanks LA, great fucking burger!). More soon from your favorite madman Ed Hammerhand once the nurses unlock my padded cell....