We understand wanting to apologize. But if players are really interested in giving the public something real, they would be wise to take a page out of Jason Giambi’s (yes, Jason Giambi’s) playbook. Here’s the way he put it, all those months ago:

“I know the fans might want more, but at this present time because of all the legal matters, I can’t get into specifics. Someday, hopefully, I will be able to. …I feel I let down the fans, I feel I let down the media, I feel I let down the Yankees, not only the Yankees, but my teammates. …I accept full responsibility for that. I’m sorry, but I’m trying to go forward now. Most of all, to the fans, I’m sorry. I know it’s going to be hard, and I understand how they feel.”

Sure, we mocked him at the time. But how could anyone predict the kind of laughable apologies we would be reading almost daily in the wake of the Mitchell Report? After rereading Jason’s quotes, we see just how embarrassing Andy Pettitte’s statement really is.

Jason doesn’t waste time trying to say he did it only once or twice. He doesn’t try and stir up fake nobility and say he was just trying to help the team. He doesn’t try to distinguish between using HGH and steroids, as if one is somehow better than the other. In fact, he doesn’t even need to tell you what he did. This ends all speculation because in the public’s mind, he may as well have done it all.

With Andy, we’re just left wondering.

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In a written statement released today, Andy Pettitte apologizes for using HGH on two occasions. Sort of…

“If what I did was an error in judgment on my part, I apologize. I accept responsibility for those two days.”

If it was an error in judgment? In other words, it might not be? This is the best that the supposed ‘God-fearing’ pitcher can come up with?

And we’re supposed to believe that Pettitte took HGH on only two days out of his entire career?

Sure, why not? He’s Andy Pettitte, after all.

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One thing we’ve learned in the Steroid Era: If the numbers seem too good to be true, they probably are.

Now that Clemens and Bonds have been brought down, all eyes will turn to A-Rod. Jose Canseco, baseball’s unlikely hero in all of this, wonders aloud why A-Rod’s name isn’t on the list. That is scary because Canseco has not been wrong with any of his allegations so far.

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Denny Neagle
Jason Giambi
Jason Grimsley
Gary Sheffield
Matt Lawton
Jose Canseco
Jim Leyritz
Andy Pettitte
Roger Clemens
Kevin Brown
Chuck Knoblauch
David Justice
Mike Stanton
Rondell White
Glenallen Hill
Ron Villone
Randy Velarde
Todd Williams
Daniel Naulty
Josias Manzanillo
Darren Holmes
Bobby Estalella
Ricky Bones
Hal Morris

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Is the news about Yankee Warriors Clemens and Pettitte really all that shocking? We knew about this in October 2006! Didn’t want to believe it back then, did you?

How deep do Yankee steroid ties go? Among the guilty, we now have former Yankee players, a trainer, current Yankees, and even a broadcaster (no, not Michael Kay - his head has always been that size). That’s right Senator Mitchell, it’s all about protecting and educating the kids. So isn’t it ironic that ‘roid-head David Justice is the current host of YES’ Yankees On Deck (aka Kids On Deck)?

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So apparently Pettitte finally received enough ego massaging from Jeter and co. to end his latest and most egregious retirement stunt. We’ve heard this so many times now from him and BFF Roger that it has gone from laughable to pathetic. But then again, he couldn’t stand by and let Johan steal the spotlight. After all, Pettitte’s M.O. is (and always has been) to be the ultimate Yankee savior. And someday his Yankeeography will probably boast about how he was ‘dragged’ out of retirement by desperate teammates. But we know better. What we have here is nothing more than a perfectly healthy veteran in need of a little validation.

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