Am I a Sentimental Fool?
That's what a poster accuses me of being (see the posts under "Steroid Nation") for accusing the entire Red Sox team of being on steroids yet cheering Jason Giambi on like mad.
The answer is, yes, I am a sentimental fool. And if you throw some alcohol in me, I am also a dancing fool.
More to the point....
Other people have suggested to me that Giambi's remarkable return to form must mean that "he's back on the juice." I simply refuse to believe it. After the health problems he went through last season...after all the vitriole to which he was subjected, despite being the only man in baseball to tell the truth and admit that he took steroids...I simply can't believe that Giambi would risk taking them again. And so I choose to believe that he worked and worked and worked—especially with hitting coach Don Mattingly—and has become a great player again.
We all need to believe in something, right? I choose to believe in redemption. Because we all make mistakes. Don't we deserve the chance to make things right?
Jason, please—don't prove me wrong. I don't think I could handle the disappointment.
