Time tends to ameliorate. Fury and outrage tend to soften. And so we saw it again this week: Baseball’s Cold War, thawing by degrees. The villains of the sport’s Steroids Era are inching ever closer back to the mainstream, to forgiveness.
Alex Rodriguez is an admitted, convicted performance-enhancing drugs guy. He acknowledged using steroids from 2001 to 2003 and was implicated again in the 2013 Biogenesis scandal. The nickname A-Roid fit. He was suspended for 162 games, sitting out the entire 2014 season. It sure wasn’t a problem for TV, though. Scarlet letter? What scarlet letter? Rodriguez has been a baseball broadcaster for Fox Sports and has been a guest on ABC’s “Shark Tank.