A-Rod: Coming Clean Saved Me From Myself

Ok, on my Facebook last night I said that I will not say anything bad about A-Rod for a while.

I swear, I will do my best to keep my promise.

Alex spoke- very deeply- about how he can relate to David Ortiz as Big Papi goes through his own steroid saga.

"David's a good friend. I've been there, done that and lived it. Whatever he did, I hope he feels better about it, because I certainly did once I had my press conference."

After he got that out of the way, Alex started doing what he does best...he talked about himself. And he did not disappoint:

"I'm so proud of the way things came out. I took a lot of things off my chest, and since that press conference, I feel like a new man. I feel like I've been embraced by not only the city of New York, but my teammates, my coaches and my manager. I feel liberated by the way I came out and did things."

Really Alex? You are publicly patting yourself on the back for this? And this?

A-Rod says that his month rehabbing his hip in Colorado was "a blessing in disguise" and helped him reflect on his sins.

"It gave me a chance to refocus, rethink things and basically take a time out from all the white noise I created for myself over the last year and a half."

I guess all that Kabbalah was good for something.

During his time away, he also had an epiphany on the importance of teamwork and how his selfishness got in the way of Yankees' success.

"I think I'm able to play better in key situations because I'm at peace with myself and I'm freer. I'm enjoying the game at a level that I really haven't enjoyed it before, because it's simply 100% about my team and winning games. In the past, I was so consumed with trying to do special things, but now I'm only worried about one thing and that's winning."

I'm sure his teammates really appreciated that last line.

"That's helped me go out and be an integral part of this team, make noise with big hits that I get and just helping the team win. Our team is playing well, there's music, there's apple pies and there's belts, so the energy has changed on this team, too."

Wait, what? Apple pies and belts? Has he lost his mind?

"This is the best I've ever gotten along with my teammates and the most at peace I've been in New York. The humiliation of spring training, how embarrassing and hard that was for me, it allows me to sit here now and just move forward and play baseball. That's what I'm good at. When I have to talk, I'm not good at that - we all know that."

Yes, we do. We certainly do.