On The Mitchell Report

The big question that I have is, are there enough buses in this country for everyone involved in baseball (owners, players, unions, league management, etc.) for everyone to start throwing each other under.

Not that this report was surprising at all. As a fan I expected it to reveal what those who are not on the river denial already knew about the rampant steroid, and other performance enhancing drugs existed is and was prevalent and tolerated in major league baseball.

Now what can be done about. Here is my 2¢ (just a working stiff, who is exercising his first amendment right of free speech, and doing so through the wonderful world of blog land):

• Both Bud Selig and Donald Fehr should resign their respective positions immediately. Both men allowed and tolerated, and probably indirectly encouraged this problem, for the better of the league and the players wallets. If any changes are to occur, and baseball restores some creditability, it would be best done with neither of these men in the respective positions
• All players implicated, should be thrown out of the game, but not before given the opportunity to disprove otherwise by a panel of independent experts, and others whom have no connection to baseball.
• All players going forward should be tested weekly, and any player who tests positive, be suspended for a year. A second positive test, a lifetime ban from baseball, no exceptions
• Congress and the individual States, need to enact, and enforce tougher laws against steroid use, and those who provide them to players.
• Finally, MLB and its players need to come out and strongly speak out against, steroid and other performance enhancing drug use...and most importantly apologize to the millions of fans and sponsors.

The tip of the iceberg has been reached, now we as fan's need to push for change. This is a dark day for all sports, and its sad it has been allowed to go on for as long as it has.

Now let the finger pointing begin

--gfo