To the Editor:
Re “Yankees’ Rodriguez Said to Test Positive in 2003” (front page, Feb. 8):
I am sad. I don’t want to be questioning every 100-mile-per-hour fastball, every 450-foot home run. I want to continue to believe in fairy tales. I want to enjoy uncluttered surroundings.
We live in uncertain times. We find sanctuary where we can. I take refuge in the game of baseball. I have and always will. I resent Barry Bonds. I resent Mark McGwire. I resent Sammy Sosa. I resent Roger Clemens. Now I find I have to resent Alex Rodriguez.
I resent them all for making me have to work a little harder to find the purity in each pitch, in each swing.
I am 56, but I want to have the eyes of a 6-year-old. I know that there are reasons and rationales, denials and explanations. I don’t want to hear them.
I don’t want to deal with court systems, suspensions, Hall of Fame exclusions. I don’t want to find home plate cluttered with subpoenas, drug tests and lawyers.
When I look out on the field, I want to see the players and nothing more. I deserve this, as do all who love the game.
Robert S. Nussbaum
Fort Lee, N.J., Feb. 8, 2009
Note from KBJ: Well put, Mr Nussbaum—unless, of course, you're a Yankee fan, in which case your letter is perfectly idiotic.
