Yesterday, ESPN.com’s daily poll asked the musical question, “Would you want a player who has admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs on your favorite team?”
Here, have a look at the results. Nationwide, it’s pretty decisive, with 49% of respndents saying “No,” and 38% saying “Yes, but only if he produces.” The lunatic fringe weighing in with a simple “Yes” is a bit larger than expected, at 12%. One of the neat features of the ESPN poll map is that it shows you how people vote by state as you mouseover each state on the map. It can be sort of fun sometimes, like when they ask whether the Lakers or the Rockets will win their playoff series, and you can discover a strange pocket of Laker fandom in Indiana, that sort of thing. So what do the state-by-state results reveal? Well, here in Colorado, it’s a resounding 58% no to 32% “Yes, if.” Texas is 50% to 38% for “No.” Florida, 46% to 40% no. Louisiana is a bit odd, voting “Yes, if” by 1%, but the whole state only cast 362 votes, so I suppose we can attribute this to the oddities produced by a small sample size.
Then there’s New York. New York votes “Yes, if” by 4%, 45% to 41% over “No.” Neighboring New Jersey votes “Yes, if” by 3 points, 44% to 41%. New Yorkers cast nearly 3,000 votes in the poll. Jerseyites cast over 1,300. That’s really weird. I wonder why on Earth those two states would be the odd ones out? What could possibly be the deciding factor to swing the New York/New Jersey vote in favor of cheating as long as it produces desirable results? There must be a reason why fans of New York teams would be in favor of cheating. If only we could figure out what it…
"Well, we knew they weren't TicTacs..."
Oh, right, this cheating, ‘roided-up douchebag. Win at all costs, right, Yankee fans? Cheating is okay as long as it helps you win. It’s worth noting here that Connecticut, also loaded with Yankee fans, only just barely votes in favor of not cheating – 45% to 44%.
For that matter, the poll results in California are surprisingly close – 43% to 42% for “No.” I wonder if this close result has anything to do with L.A.’s love for Manny Ramirez.
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I lost any respect I had for A-Rod when he tried to slap the ball out of the glove in 2004, when the Yanks completed the biggest collapse in the history of human endeavor. I thought only spoiled little children did things like that.