Rycona wrote:

It's really sad. I mean, I understand it's a competitive game, but I feel bad for all the players who are legit and get overshadowed by these 'roid junkies. I honestly think they should be put on some sort of probation that includes therapy depending on the person's mental interaction and feelings about steroids, else they be removed from the league for life. They seem to baby them too much sometimes, but probably because they keep the money these players tend to draw in mind.

I like this idea. I'm not sure what the current policy is, but I also like a three strike rule so if they test positive three times they get a lifetime ban from baseball. But not the Hall of Fame.

I'm not for banning people from the Hall of Fame. I'm also not if favor of an asterisk. Steroids may not have been a part of the golden age of baseball (or sports in general), but cheating was. Cheating is cheating. If eventually steroids was completely removed from sports, someone would come up with a new way to get an unfair edge. If we put an asterisk by the steroids era, its like pretending that cheating didn't happen in other eras. I don't want to blaspheme some of the greats, but for all we know guys like Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, etc could have all been cheaters. Albeit, players are innocent until proven guilty, but that is just individual players. We would be dumb to assume that cheating wasn't always a part of the game. I would be surprised if someone told me that Babe Ruth cheated. But I wouldn't be surprised if we found out that a plethora of great players from the past were dirty.

GPFontaine wrote:

Cattivo wrote: Dude, just go to ESPN.com. Frankly, I'm surprised you don't already know. It's been plastered all over TV, radio, and the internet all weekend. I had been away all weekend. I have caught up on the story and am not surprised. At this point I vote that they fire all current baseball players, have a new draft of 12 year old little league players who haven't been exposed to steroids yet, and start the entire thing over with a salary cap. Oh, and test for drug use at the start of the season, mid season and end of season as well as one random check per player per season. Yeah... baseball will suck for about 15 years, but it sucks as a sport anyways, and at least in 15 years or so no one will remember shit and the game will be clean.... er.

That's good in theory. But there are still cheaters in little league. See Danny Almonte.

Also parents of 12 year olds (at that level) are probably even more competitive than MLB players. I wouldn't be surprised if there was actually more cheating going on.