Quote:
Originally Posted by G1911
The Yankees retired Andy Pettitte's number in 2015; years after it became public knowledge that Pettitte was a steroid user and got dragged into the legal problems of that time over it.
The Yankees determined that steroid use is not a disqualifier for number retirement, nor is bad publicity in regards to it.
So... why wouldn't A-Rod's be retired, if the Yankees will retire the numbers of Steroid users? He was a far better player than Pettitte.
Seems like common sense that he would, thus, both qualify and merit number retirement.
|
You know the answer. When a nice guy does it, they forgive it.
__________________
My avatar is a sketch by my son who is an art school graduate. Some of his sketches and paintings are at
https://www.jamesspaethartwork.com/
He is available to do custom drawings in graphite, charcoal and other media. He also sells some of his works as note cards/greeting cards on Etsy under JamesSpaethArt.