Another Black Eye For Baseball

     Once again Major League Baseball embarrassed itself but that's nothing new.  Handing down suspensions to players linked to an anti-aging clinic does nothing to restore my confidence in the game.  When the average  person get caught using drugs on the job he or she is fired not suspended for a few days.  But the average person is not a Major League baseball player.  Most average workers are not protected by a Union nor can they negotiate a $275 million contract.  Star baseball players are coddled by team owners who's only goals are to increase ticket sales and win a championship at any cost.
     Ten years ago, Major League Baseball received the same kind of black eye when they did basically nothing after the Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire  steroid era.  The baseball record books still show Bonds as the all time home run leader even after he has been convicted of lying to Congress about his steroid use. McGwire still holds the record for the most home runs in a single season even after admitting three years ago that he had used steroids for a long time.
      In the ten years since, players have continued to demolish records and win titles as fast as their their muscles and salaries grew.  As far as I'm concerned, baseball's record book should be thrown in the trash right along with all the players  connected with the current drug scandal.  Stats are stained and titles are tarnished.   Bring back Hank Aaron and Willie Mays and maybe just maybe  I'll return to the baseball diamond.
     Major League Baseball says it's a whole new ballgame and from this day foreword they will pursue cheaters to the end of the earth but I am skeptical.  Issuing 50 game suspensions   and docking mega millionaires six months salary is not enough punishment.  Celebrity athletes should have no illusions that cheating in any way will end their career.  A lifetime ban for cheating is the only way Major League Baseball can retain it's integrity.