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In life, I've often seen how people make poor decisions, and carry them out with confidence and enthusiasm. It isn't until they get caught or someone gets hurt that they feel sorry and want to shift blame, among other things....I will proclaim that I'm not a baseball fan, I usually only watch the world series, but I don't like how the powers that be have handled the situation.
So, why is it that the commissioner wants to pretend as though he, along with management, doesn't deserve blame for the steroids era? I mean, wasn't MLB dwindling until Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa started launching home runs? Now those in charge seem to be obsessed with punishing and embarrassing the players who "cheated". Recently, the commissioner even thought about suspending A-Rod. For what? The now banned substances weren't being tested for during that time.
Most of the major names from the pre-testing steroids era, ie. Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, among others were power hitters, but since they've begun testing the overwhelming majority of those who tested positive are pitchers. This tells me, or at least makes it reasonable to assume, that the majority of the users were pitchers...so if the pitchers were "juiced" and the hitters were "juiced" they were on a level playing field - sort of. Also, why is it that current players who test positive for banned substances aren't put on blast at the same level as those who "cheated" before they tested? Yes, I know superstar status has a lot to do with it,
but you get the point.
The solution? Just slap an * in the record books and get over it. At least they are testing for enhancers now, which is a step in a positive direction. In life when people make mistakes, what do we do? We acknowledge the mistake, seek help, make a correction, and move on - MLB should do the same.
So, why is it that the commissioner wants to pretend as though he, along with management, doesn't deserve blame for the steroids era? I mean, wasn't MLB dwindling until Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa started launching home runs? Now those in charge seem to be obsessed with punishing and embarrassing the players who "cheated". Recently, the commissioner even thought about suspending A-Rod. For what? The now banned substances weren't being tested for during that time.
Most of the major names from the pre-testing steroids era, ie. Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, among others were power hitters, but since they've begun testing the overwhelming majority of those who tested positive are pitchers. This tells me, or at least makes it reasonable to assume, that the majority of the users were pitchers...so if the pitchers were "juiced" and the hitters were "juiced" they were on a level playing field - sort of. Also, why is it that current players who test positive for banned substances aren't put on blast at the same level as those who "cheated" before they tested? Yes, I know superstar status has a lot to do with it,
but you get the point.The solution? Just slap an * in the record books and get over it. At least they are testing for enhancers now, which is a step in a positive direction. In life when people make mistakes, what do we do? We acknowledge the mistake, seek help, make a correction, and move on - MLB should do the same.
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