“Say It Ain’t So…A-Rod!”

What is unfortunate is that outing Alex Rodriguez, the New York Yankees top-paid player also known as A-Rod, as a steroid user merely highlighted the "Dark Side" of our souls--the fans.

It cannot be oversimplified that baseball fans have always known that many of the professional modern players were/are "juiced" and are willing--quite willing to accept it.

From 1998 to the present, MLB (Major League Baseball) records that stood for more than a century are now being shattered during a one-calendar baseball season. Many of us were not around or too young when the “Giants” of baseball played the great American pastime without steroids. These were players like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, and Reggie Jackson. And so fans felt "cheated" that they had no great players to call their own. And in that desperation they turned to a darkness that wasn’t fully understood and that darkness was “steroids!”

A-Rod said he used steroids at the start of the 21st century because of the “pressure” he was under when he’s signed a 10yr. $245 million dollar contract with his former team, the Texas Rangers. His goal was to show the baseball world that he was worth every penny, but in the end, A-Rod decided that being one of the elite baseball players wasn’t enough! A-Rod needed to be the best in baseball but at what cost?

Let us begin to turn our attention to addressing steroids prevention to our youth and adolescents who are striving to be “great athletes” and not the “superficial athlete” in their respected sport.


They deserve a chance to be great without the juice.




Best Regards,

Anthony P. Johnson, Ph.D. Candidate, Author
Founder & CEO
Dream Field Academy
647 East Raymond Street
Philadelphia, PA 19120
Office: 215-744-1773
Cell: 215-715-0355
antho@earthlink.net

"Get Your House In Order."

If it’s your goal to obtain employment in the Obama Administration, you’d better get ready to make your entire life public knowledge.

To avoid scandal and embarrassment in his administration, President-elect Obama would like to know as much about the prospective employee as possible ranging from past and present parking tickets, employee to family affiliations, to donations ($10,000.00) made over the last (10 years) and beyond.

Now citizens, past Presidents created similar questionnaires to screen prospective cabinet/administration members. What President-elect Obama has done is strengthened the criteria where now there are no “loop holes.”

Yep! A new sheriff has come to town!

If Philadelphia’s politician’s followed this prescription, perhaps they would not be riddled with scandal and corruption on a daily basis. Further, the citizens need to interview all would-be-public office holders. Whatever new initiatives that can be implemented to combat corruption among our city officials must be done ASAP! Our city’s future depends upon it.