The other thing I want to touch on is the steroid use issue in baseball. I know it?s a big deal ? young fans see their sports heroes accused of taking drugs, historical baseball greats unfairly have their records taken away, young men are ruining their lives taking drugs, players not on the juice do not have a chance against the players who are ? but for some reason I could care less. I am tired of it already. It came as no shock to me that players were using steroids. I had Brady Anderson on my fantasy team the year after he hit 50 home runs and the rumors started back then. The steroid issue is old news, and even when it was new news, it was boring. I just do not care.
MLB is not going to do anything about it. They put a penalty for the first offense at a 10 game suspension (first time offense in the Olympics is a 2 year ban) which is a joke to these guys. They argue that you cannot do another test for months because it stays in your system but they use masking agents to block out the detection when they know when they are going to get tested. They can hide behind the union. Hey, it?s unfair and not right, but I like to see baseballs hit farther, pitchers throw faster, football players hit harder, running backs run faster and quarterbacks throw longer. I am part of the problem because I like to watch great athletes and I pay to go to games and I buy merchandise which pays for the owners to bid on players who hit the ball father, throw the ball faster and are better athletes than the next guy.
If fans really cared that much, they would stop buying jerseys and hats and shelling out a week?s salary for a night at a game. But I am sick of hearing about it already because there is nothing new to report. Players are accused of doing steroids, players deny using steroids, some players admit using steroids and offer a disingenuous apology (if they apologize at all), major league baseball and the player?s union does nothing, fans continue to watch games.
Jose Canseco and Jason Giambi could have been good guys if they came out and said they did steroids and it ruined their lives, sincerely apologized to the fans and their teammates, and begged kids not to follow the same path. But Jose goes on 60 minutes and every radio station saying the same meaningless thing over and over, all while his book hits the best seller list. I am as concerned about the steroid issue as I am about weather in Europe ? I might notice it but don?t really care.
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