“Regardless of his motives or whatever animosity he engendered, it’s hard to watch what is now happening to him, what he is doing to himself, and not feel something close to pity for the guy.”

—sportswriter Sean Newell, writing about Alex Rodriguez on Deadspin. And I agree, by the way. A-Rod is an incredibly frustrating player and human being—but did he really do anything much worse than many other baseball players who aren’t subject to nearly the same level of snark?