On Saturday, Feb. 7, Sports Illustrated reported
that New York Yankees third baseman Alex
Rodriguez was on a list with 103 other players
who had tested positive for performing enhancing
drugs in 2003.
According to a statement by Rodriguez made
on Feb. 16, he confirmed that between 2001 and
2003, he was injected at least 30 times with testosterone
and an anabolic steroid, Primobolan-
drugs that are banned in Major League Baseball.
This revelation came as a great shock to
Rodriguez’s teammates, friends, family, fans and
the entire baseball community.
Perhaps the biggest surprise, though, is how little
people care. They seem indifferent, already
jaded by baseball’s performance-enhancing drug
scandals.
When asked to comment on the steroids saga,
several Bucks students simply rolled their eyes.
“People have bigger things to worry about right
now,” said Nicole Storer, 22, a criminal justice
major from Warminster. “That’s baseball, and this
is real life.”
Even more surprisingly, many students were
completely unaware of the A-Rod steroids scandal.
“I’m not really sure I have any opinion,” said
Dan Kinsley, a 20-year-old student from Lahaska.
“I haven’t been following it and I don’t really
watch baseball.”
Kinsley’s comments were echoed throughout
the Bucks campus. “I think he shouldn’t have
used them,” said Rob DiChristofaro, a 19-year-old
student from Yardley. “But I don’t really follow
baseball, so I don’t know what really happened.”
Maybe it is not that important after all.
Like Jason Gomba, a 19-year-old student said,
“Eh, it’s just baseball.”