Cliff Lee Comments On A-Roid

Still, the Alex Rodriguez storm that has captured the baseball world had only confused the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner.

In Cliff Lee’s perspective, past is past, and the game should move on. Everybody should move on.

“It’s 2009, and they’re talking about things that happened in ‘01 through ‘03,” Lee said. “MLB has taken care of the steroid issue. We’re being tested.”
To put all things together, it was still Rodriguez’s failed test in 2003 that gained attention and national headlines throughout the globe; gaining infamous attention from normal baseball fans to the President of the United States.

Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt on the other hand, was so disappointed to learn the steroid use of A-Rob and has said that the slugger’s number should be erased.

Lee, in his own terms, said he doesn’t feel cheated. All he could afford was to shrug when asked about the issue.
“I personally don’t see it as bad as it’s made out to be,” said Lee, who has served up two of Rodriguez’s 553 home runs. “I like the fact that [Rodriguez] came out and apologized and was open about what he really did. I can respect that.

“I just have a problem with how they’re going so far in the past and bringing up old things. If you’re doing it now, you’re going to get caught. There’s no way around it. I have a problem with how people think it’s still an issue when it’s not anymore. It’s time to move on and just let the past be the past. It’s over with, as far as I’m concerned.”

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