Rant #1,740: Polar Opposites

My son had a good birthday, got some nice gifts, had some birthday cake, and that was that.

Funny, no comments were left on yesterday's post by the naysayers.

When I talk about something nice, they aren't nice people to begin with, so they have no comments to make.

That is their right, and at least they didn't veer off into nonsense on the post I had yesterday.

Anyway, today is a new day, and today I bring up a completely different topic.

In the New York metropolitan area, one of the hottest stories that simply has not reached its end yet is the story about the supposed condition of former New York Mets and Yankees player Dwight Gooden, who has had a misguided past and might just be going off the deep end right now.

Or so says former teammate Daryl Strawberry, a guy who certainly has seen the deep end--and way beyond that--in his life.

Last week, Gooden did not show up for a radio interview, and no reason was ever given for his absence. This got Strawberry to claim that Gooden was back on the sauce again, meaning back snorting cocaine.

Look, it takes one to know one. Strawberry has himself been to hell and back, threw away his enormous talent to drug abuse just like Gooden did, and when he smells a rat, he talks about it.

Gooden has since vehemently denied the charges, and the main thing that has come out of this at this point is how the media has a habit of creating its own story when it feels the need to do so.

It has painted Gooden and Strawberry as blood brothers in pain and excess, and evidently, nothing could be further than the truth.

Both shared tremendous talent and tremendous addictions, but that was about it, even though the media would have you believe that they were ascloseasthis.

Heck, ESPN even aired a recent documentary on the two and their supposed close relationship.

In reality, they evidently don't really enjoy each others company, never have, but they played the game that the media created to get exposure and stay in the public's awareness.

Now, because of this story, we see that the duo really weren't dynamic, everything but actually, and another media created situation has bit the dust for good, and maybe that's a good thing.

Gooden claims he has not used cocaine in years, and that he is clean and sober, and has been for some time. He says that Strawberry is only out for himself with the accusations, and has always been that way.

Strawberry claims just the opposite, and at this point, no one knows the truth about what is going on.

The Yankees themselves have stepped in, saying that they would foot the bill for Gooden's treatment if he admits to falling off the wagon.

Stay tuned, this story still has plenty to go, has more legs than a centipede, and the media will eat it up hook, line and sinker.