Pitchers and catchers report today ... ahhhhh, spring is around the corner and soon we'll be hearing the dulcet tones of Don O. and the RemDog and seeing the Sox in all of their HD glory on TV ... excellent!
Meanwhile, A-Rod did the right thing and admitted that he did, in fact, take steroids from 2001-2003. Good for him for not denying it and owning up. Is he really sorry (as some in the press contend he's not)? Dunno, but at least he didn't deny it this time as he has in the past.
Word today is that MLB Comish Bud Selig is considering suspending A-Rod because, as Selig said, he sent a memo in 1997 that "made steroids illegal."
What?!? Selig has got to be kidding here. As I understand it, the 2003 report in which A-Rod's failed test results were listed was done to establish how wide-spread the problem was in MLB and the results were sealed. Steroids weren't "officially" banned until 2003 after that report was completed.
IMO, if Selig suspends A-Rod, then he's got to suspend the other players that are listed as positive in the 2003 report. How can Selig justify suspending only A-Rod ... just because his was the only name that was leaked?
I think the bigger issue here is that A-Rod's name was leaked, not that he tested positive. MLB has to find out who leaked A-Rod's name and really go after that person to make an example of them so that something like this never happens again.
In other Selig news, he says he's thinking of reinstating Hank Aaron as baseball's home run king in the record book given that Barry Bonds (who broke Aaron's record) is in a steroids scandal. Man, I would love to see that! While he's at it, Selig should take away Bonds' seven MVP titles, too.
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