Apparently, I am the only one who is not stunned by this.  Once again, the best that we have to watch admits to using some sort of illegal substance.  Do I agree that Mr. Selig should have done something a long time ago?  Most certainly.  Do I believe that baseball has done what it needs to do to redeem itself?  Not quite, but it has done most of what it needs to do.  I like the setup they have now with 50 game suspensions building to a year and a lifetime ban.  For a guy like JC Romero getting 50 games makes sense because if it really was over-the-counter he will no longer be so ignorant.  To all my comrades on mlblogs, I respectfully disagree with your outrage (unless it is directed towards an $18 Million salary, I cannot argue for that!).  In essence, my argument would exist in that we should be disappointed in the fact that we cannot trust a stat from the previous 15 years (Or more).  Why all this outrage when we have plenty of sources arguing about the quantity, and quality, of players that have been doing this…Personally, I have felt like I was over the steroid controversy for about a year+ now.  The Mitchell Report sufficed me, as well as reading some of Conseco’s books (I believe him, not A-Rod, for the record).

I appreciate A-Rod looking candid on the television, but I do not believe him.  I believe a good 15-20% of ballplayers were using until MLB decided to go with a suspension process.  Which leads me back to my original point, in that baseball has done what it needs to do.  The fact that A-Rod has been “outed” creates an illusion that it is happening right now because we did not know it for 100% until this week.  I think we ought to look at this from a timeline perspective and I personally feel that it is enough for me to say that the MLB has done its part in getting this situation resolved.

Do you disagree?  I can understand that you would not take the same stance as myself.  But I do hope that you don’t allow the time with which you receive information make you unable to see what the MLB has done to get some of this situation in better terms.

I am a cynic at heart, and maybe that is why my pie in the sky is not so heartbroken.  I can admit that if Greg Maddux were implicated it would hit me hard (or my favorite player of all time Ryne Sandberg – that would be tough as well).  Either way, I appreciate everyone attempting to be constructive in their disappointment, but I respectfully disagree.  Am I lacking something in my argument?  Let me know…have a great day everyone…I know my blog is all about stats/fantasy/predicting future results, but I did want to at least make one post regarding this hotbed issue.  By the way, if you did not know about Tejada before today, type in The Mitchell Report in google and take a read of the document, plenty of players in the game today are listed as buyers.  Thanks again, and sorry for my writing of a book!