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Ryan Braun's weak apology looks better than Alex Rodriguez's silence

I think A-Rod was so naturally talented that even if he had never taken a performance-enhancing drug, he probably would have made the Hall of Fame. But we

Michael Rosenberg

Ryan Braun's weak apology looks better than Alex Rodriguez's silence
Ryan Braun's weak apology looks better than Alex Rodriguez's silence /
Alex Rodriguez was reportedly on track to join the Yankees soon, but he may get suspended instead.
Alex Rodriguez was reportedly on track to join the Yankees soon, but he may get suspended instead :: Bradley C. Bower/AP

I think A-Rod was so naturally talented that even if he had never taken a performance-enhancing drug, he probably would have made the Hall of Fame. But we will never know, and neither will he. He is a pinata on the American sports scene. He has sunk so low, yet still not low enough to engender sympathy. I hope it really did feel good to put on his helmet and metal cleats. Sometimes, that seems like all he has. And pretty soon, he won't even have that.

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Michael Rosenberg
MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and investigative stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of "War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest." Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year's best sportswriting. He is married with three children.

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