Suddenly a Big Deal

I don't understand why baseball executives are all the sudden making such a big deal about steroids in baseball. I mean, come on, Roger Maris' homerun record stood solid for years. Cecil Fielder, former Detroit Tiger, once hit 51 homers in a season ... and it was the first time that had happen in 13 seasons! Then, the 90s continued on and everyone and his cousin was hitting 50, 60, and 70 homeruns in a season. Come on! We fans knew, but MLB just overlooked it because the power was good for baseball after having no World Series in 1994 (which turned out really well for the city of Montreal and the Expos baseball team, eh ...).

Today, this article arrives. Now, I used to be a Luis Gonzalez fan because he always seemed to be a hard worker. I especially liked him with the Cubs. Then, when he became a Tiger, that was cool. Of course, Randy Smith (remember him?) then traded him away for Karim Garcia (remember him?) and the D'backs won the '01 series on a single by Gonzalez. I don't doubt that Luis did something to strengthen himself, but he has continued to knock in a lot of runs, albeit without the longball.

Let's remember, though, that the first player nabbed in the steriod search was .... yep! Now, that was a surprise, with his power numbers and all. Is there a problem? It's hard to say. Can it be cleaned up? Probably not. Is it still a great game? Yeah, try playing 162 baseball games in the span of 180 days and tell me that it's not hard work. Are they paid? Yeah. Wouldn't you want to get fair market value?

Wow, I'm ramblin'.

Have a great day, readers!