Steroids: America's Pastime

I stumbled across The Rivals. A blog about a Red Sox fan and a Yankee fan who work together. Seeing as the season has yet to get underway, and americans (and their politicians are devoting so much time to it, they are continuously commenting on the steroids issue. Now I am not a fan of either team, and I am kind of ashamed to say who I am a fan of. (I'm not an american, so figure it out. It is a lot easier to figure it out this season. Poor Expos.)

Now I have mentioned the 'roids issue before, but that was because Barry Bonds was talking about the size of his testicles.

I think it is funny, when it comes to gambling, people like Pete Rose (1989) and Shoeless Joe Jackson and seven others (1919) can be kicked out of the sport for gambling on it, and many players now get away with using drugs and nothing has of yet happened to them. (I think the gambling on your own games and throwing a world series are important issues for the game to address, but drugs go beyond the game).

I think the important issue is the young kids who look up to these guys. Are they going to have to do drugs if they ever want to play the game? In a world of anti-drug campaigning, these celebreties are telling them they have to use drugs to get good at baseball (of all sports).

Now I love baseball, but I just don't watch it anymore (with the exception of the playoffs) because it just seems so meaningless. I haven't been to a game since the strike. My dad had tickets for us, but vowed to not go back because they were voided durning the strike.

Test these players. Over and Over. If you find drugs. Get rid of them the way you got rid of gamblers in the past. They are more detrimental to the game than Pete Rose and Joe Jackson ever were.

Do you think the Blue Jays can pull it off this year?