I had been thinking of getting into blogging for some time now, and today I finally got around to doing it, and just in time for a great topic. Steroids in baseball. Today it was reported that Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz tested positive for steroids in 2003. Just another blow to the steroid era. As player after player continues to be accused of steroids it is appearing as if the steroid problem may have been much worse then we had imagined.
In my opinion though it's time to move on. Why are we still continuing to dwell on this era of steroids? We should instead be moving on and focusing on the now and the future of this great game. As it is now becoming apparent that there was quite a large steroid problem going on for some time in the MLB and the league took no action to stop it until the problem had grown way out of control. I think it would be best for the fans and the league if the league pardoned everyone who had used steroids prior to the current season and just recognize that there at one point was steroids in baseball and that it is impossible to change. Accept this and move on, but don't move on the same as before, move on with one of the toughest steroid testing programs in sports and a very hard penalty for any caught using performance enhancing drugs. I suggest that after even just one negative test for PEDs that baseball issue a lifetime ban. If Pete Rose can get a lifetime ban for gambling on his team, why can't we give athletes who are cheating and using PEDs a lifetime ban?
There is a second problem that I have with the past tests being brought up. Why is it that we are only getting a few names here and there and they are all names of all-star players? Where are all the other players that have tested positive? Can we just get a complete list of all the players that tested positive? It seems to me that it is too easy for a reporter to simply accuse anyone he/she wants of using steroids or being a positive test list, even though no one has seen this list. The MLB should just let us know everyone who has tested positive before so that we can end all this speculation.
I am sick of hearing about the past steroid users and am ready to move on to a new era in baseball. A clean era.
Please comment and feel free to contact me about your opinion on this or any other sports topic, as I am hoping to make this a blog of the fan, for the fan.
