Baseball DIY

Jason Giambi admitted in December 2003 to using steroids, saying that Greg Anderson, trainer to Barry Bonds, supplied him with the seemingly ubiquitous "cream" and "clear" after the two met on a tour of Japan in 2002. He also said that he had used steroids prior to his involvement with Anderson.

This sucks. Call me naive, but I've always hoped that it wasn't true (at least about Giambi). He was one of my favorite players during his time with Oakland. With Victor Conte appearing on 20/20 tomorrow night, the use of steroids in baseball will continue to fill time on 24-hour news stations for the foreseeable future.

If players use steroids, they should be punished. I would much prefer it, of course, if the faith and time I have invested in Major League Baseball as a baseball league were justified.

(Typing the previous sentence, I originally had "baseball" in place of "Major League Baseball as a baseball league." The distinction betweent the two is crucial. The game will always rock. The people who are financially interested in it often do not.)