After being urged by his uncle Dwight Gordon to sign in with the Mets, Gary Sheffield has a home team at last. Now there are questions if the Mets did the right thing of taking him in despite the knowledge that he has been linked to steroids. Though he claims he didn’t know that the cream he was using contained steroids.

With a new ballpark and a younger team the Mets are giving the impression that they are moving towards a fresh start. It is quite odd that they take in Sheffield when he is almost retirable, with a career going towards a decline, and a tarnished reputation.

From The Daily News:

But of course, those memories can always turn out to be really, really bad. That’s where we get to Sheffield, who is bound to make noise of one variety or another.

This is supposed to be a no-lose move, because the Mets are only paying Sheffield $400,000 and can cut him more easily than they mow the infield grass. Except that it isn’t. The Mets can lose a great deal. They can mess with the chemistry of this still-young team, and revisit dark places where only the Mitchell Report has gone before.

Jerry Manuel spoke frankly before the game Saturday about how he isn’t worried about nursing along Daniel Murphy or Fernando Tatis. “I’m not trying to develop or evolve,” Manuel said. “I’m trying to win a championship.”

The number of runs Sheffield makes or his good conduct will improve the Mets standing in the games. Trying to win the championships is a poor excuse. Mets sound desperate. Even if they can easily let him go at $400,000 once the Mitchell report is released to the public they will definitely lose the wholesome, family oriented image they are known for.

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Outspoken Mets rightfielder Darryl Strawberry did not have to think twice when he said that he wished he took steroids back in the ‘80s. A bold statement at the height of Alex Rodriguez’s steroid scandal. In an interview Strawberry reasoned that the intense competition in their field would have driven him to use performance enhancing drugs if they had been offered to him. And if he wouldn’t even deny using it.

He also praised Rodriguez for coming out and admitting that he was into steroids. This speaks so much about the younger star’s character. And he wouldn’t even need the drug to be man enough to confess to the deed.

From Newsday:

“I love Alex and respect him, and I’m glad Alex was man enough to stand up and tell the truth about it,” Strawberry said. “But I have a hard time with the union when one player out of 104 players’ names comes out and it’s Alex Rodriguez - on testing that was done that was supposed to be confidential.

“Obviously, somebody had it out for him, and it’s not fair. If you’re going to name one, why don’t you name all of them. That’s the problem I have with this whole situation. They have put Alex in a situation where it’s him alone against the world. That’s not fair. It’s unfortunate, but that’s what happens when you play in New York.”

Still fit to play a good game of baseball, Strawberry showed up as guest instructor at the Mets practice. He also commented younger baseball players are more susceptible to the lure of steroids because they were naive and very competitive. He said he was like that when he was their age.

Darryl’s word of advice for Rodriguez after everything has been said and done: Get up, dust himself off and help somebody else.

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