Baseball's black eye

McGwire has denied juicing for years, so why come clean now? Certainly he didn't think that it was going to help the game of baseball or his pursuit of Cooperstown. As Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg, who by the way is the new I-Cubs manager, was quoted in the LA Times as saying -- McGwire is only pulling 24-23 percent of the votes for Cooperstown the way it is. Now that he's come clean, those numbers are just going to drop off the face of the planet.

It's disappointing that McGwire had to be yet another black eye for the game of baseball...as if there weren't enough of them already.

MLB Commissioner Bud Selig isn't any better as he was quoted as saying that players currently in the game aren't juicing anymore and that that is yet another step in the right direction. I'm sorry -- what game is Selig following? He is obviously playing some fantasy baseball game because every year there are players who test positive and every year some retired player gets back in the news as either admitting to it or denying that they were ever involved. Getting better Bud? You must be living in a different ballpark than the rest of us!

It's aggravating that these players continue to jeopardize the All-American tradition that baseball once was and what many current and future players hold dear. Unfortunately it all comes down to the money -- more money as the homerun totals go up, more endorsements as the batting average rises. More money at any cost....that of the game, their team, family, even their own health. Doesn't really seem all that worth it to me.