Murder is worse than steroids. 

No, believe it or not, Tim McCarver was not the one to bring that particular truth bomb to the world. Johnny Damon was. 

Yesterday, in that display of Yankee support we’ve been hearing so much about, Damon spoke out in A-Roid’s defense, saying, “Yeah he did some bad things. He took a steroid. Definitely do not condone that, at all, but there could be a lot worse things he could have been doing out there. He hasn’t done a crime. So there’s worse things that he could have done but you know I’ve known Alex since he was 15 and he’s always been super nice to me and so I’m going to support him and try help him through this time.”

When asked what would have been worse, I can only imagine Damon sense of self-satisfaction when he came up with his answer: “Murdering someone.”

Oh, SNAP.  In your face, journalist.

And a lesson to us all.  Don’t judge the morality of a person’s actions in isolation-only in comparison with other, much more heinous actions. 

(But note to Damon: A-Rod actually has “done a crime.”  It’s called the use of illegal steroids.  Thanks for playing though.  You’ve been a great, albeit, borderline brain damaged contestant.)

But, still, Johnny Damon did not defend A-Roid’s steroid use.  Like he said, he definitely does not condone it at all.  And you want to know what I do not condone at all, Johnny Damon?  Your use of hair product.  I mean, oy vey, man.

I know that you mean well, Johnny, but I think that A-Rod is managing this particular situation without your “help.”  If A-Rod needs someone to say something stupid in his defense, rest assured that he can say it himself.