A-Rod and Michael Phelps should be roommates.

So the big story in sports this weekend was that Alex Rodriguez, FORMERLY one of my sports heroes alongside #19 (Yzerman), #23 (Jordan), and #10 (Chipper), had tested positive in 2003 for steroids. Why this is being revealed 6 years after the fact is not important (fuck you MLBPA for trying to keep this secret). What is important is that A-Roid (A.K.A. A-Rod*, A-Fraud, and GNC-Rod) betrayed a lot of people's trust, including mine.

You see, A-Rod was the only person I could stand on the Yankees. His play on the field was amazing, and his numbers were just as stellar, leading many, including myself, to be relieved that Bonds' record* of 762 homeruns would be broken by this athlete.

Moreover, I felt a sense of sympathy with him. Since he went to the Yankees, he was always overshadowed by Derek Jeter, the hero of New York who could do no wrong. At least in the questionable eye of the fans. In reality, not only did he have better stats than Jeter (2007 is a great example of this), he happened to just look better on the field.

Now the critics would single out two things: (A) his poor postseason play, and (B) his alleged affair with Madonna. But I was willing to defend him because (A) it's not like any of his teammates (READ: PITCHERS) were doing any better and (B) who hasn't had disagreements with his wife?

I even was willing to defend his disturbing Guitar Hero commercial with fellow druggie Michael Phelps, fellow affairist Kobe Bryant, and....dammit I can't say anything bad about....Tony Hawk, but that was a stretch.

But today his reputation was tarnished forever. Yankee fan, I am humbled to say you were right about him all along. But just remember, when you're paying for his $275m contract with your tickets to the new Yankee Stadium, just remember you're probably paying for A-Fraud's HGH.