I was just sitting here with my back to the TV listening to some sports analysts talk about the Barry Bonds controversy. They posed the question, "Is his home run record now tainted?" and it just cracks me up! Why would it not be? I love baseball, but major league baseball lost it's appeal to me a couple of strikes (the union kind) ago, when players more or less stated they did not need the fans and contended they could not live on a mere million a year. Even back then you could pick out the players on steroids - the ones showing aggressive celebrations after the most mediocre plays and blimping up like zeppelins.
Football is a sport that thrives on aggression, but even so you can spot the players who are likely using steroids. They are the ones who make in-your-face gestures towards the opposition and in a showy celebration after a mediocre play, rather than slap their teammates. The NFL has done a much better job than MLB, but still, maybe both organizations should adopt a zero-tolerance policy.
The Olympic Committee has never told an athlete, "You won that metal while using a performance enhancing drug. Just don't let it happen again!" It would be foolish to think MLB would go back and award wins to every team the Giants beat by the number of runs that Bonds accounted for, but they wouldn't have to if it monitored all season rather than swept under the rug. MLB has become the pro wrestling of the 21st century, only wrestling has more realistic drama. :D
