Steroids

I hope all these baseball purists are happy with themselves. I think it all started a few years back when Barry Bonds made reference to the fact that the only record he was going after was Babe Ruth's 714. He said something to the fact that we wanted to wipe Ruth out of the record books. That, coupled with his surly disposition and bully-ish demeanor got the reporters after him. And they came with both barrels locked and loaded. If you recall, Bonds was the only name that was ever spoken of about steroids. There was talk of asterisks and tainted records and such. It's so easy to hate someone that is already a villain. "Of course he cheated. Look at him!" What people failed to acknowledge was that maybe the people pitching to him were juicing and maybe some of the non-sluggers were on the juice as well...
As the names of the people that have tested positive for steroids or PEDs has grown, we start to see that some well-liked, almost lovable people have been swept up in it. The Boston fans will have to look at those World Series DVDs a little skeptically now. In time, the names of the 100+ names that tested positive in 2003 will be released and everyone will know who did what and when. And then, maybe we can move on from this. Maybe. If only the purists will let us.
Not to get off on a rant, but it amazes me that baseball is the only place in America where people can openly remember the days of segregation fondly. "There will never be a team like the '27 Yankees!" Let's hope not. Negroes, Latinos and Asians have fared pretty well in our national pastime.
I digress. Let's just hope that the keepers of the game finally take Bonds' face off the cover of the steroid book. There's plenty of other people that can share that honor.