Baseball loves to champion its steroid problem as a thing of the past, but more players are getting suspended today than were when the league had its collective heads in the mud it ignored. That’s supposed to send a hard message, like when Melky Cabrera was delivered the bad news fresh off his All-Star MVP trophy. All his teammates managed without him was to win the World Series. Cleary, Cabrera was a pivotal factor.
Now, if baseball were serious and suspended an Ortiz, a Verlander, or Brady Anderson Chris Davis, it would be getting its message of severity out there. Ryan Braun? Please.
Alex Rodriguez doesn’t count. Everybody knows he cheats. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
No, this isn’t turning the system into a witch hunt, but rather a test of reality. If we’re to believe only middling players like Cabrera and superstars lagging in last place are to blame for the league’s drug problem, then let’s all just get together and eat cotton candy at the fair, skipping our way to the Ferris wheel humming “Zip a Dee Doo Dah.” Some of us just aren’t that stupid.
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