Emphasis Preaching Journal

In February 2009, about the time Barry Bonds was going to court to face perjury charges, Alex Rodriquez admitted that he had used steroids in the past. Here were two of the best of the recent generation of baseball players admitting to (A-Rod) or accused of (Bonds) cheating in their drive to overtake the very best of the past. As Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated wrote, “It isn’t just that A-Rod and Bonds cheated the game and perverted its history. It’s also that they were blessed with every baseball skill — and that still wasn’t enough” (Sports Illustrated, February 19, 2009). Their reputations and achievements have been forever tarnished. How the mighty have fallen. I wonder if there are any modern-day Davids who will pen lines of grief similar to what King David wrote when Saul and Jonathan were killed.