Tuesday, June 13, 2006

MLB hands Jason Grimsley 50-game suspension

I guess it comes as no surprise that another Major Leaguer is found guilty of using steroids. For Jason Grimsley, it's not a crying shame because he brought this upon himself. The Diamondbacks have given him the boot, refusing to tolerate his conduct and negative influence on the team. Bud Selig, despite his bad judgments in the past has actually made a good decision.

With the conclusion of the Grimsley case, I think a lot more baseball players will be getting caught. If they're stupid they will continue to use steroids, amtemphaines, or whatever they can get their hands on in the shady drug market. The problem is keeping intregity or bringing it back to the game. That's why Selig needs to take care of this investigation on Barry Bonds as well as crack down on other players who are still getting away with using illegal performance-enchancing drugs.

Allowing cheating, ignoring or putting it "on hold" is a travesty to baseball. If professional athletes want to continue taking risks by using drugs they'll have to suffer the consequences. They shouldn't be able to run rampit with deplorable behavior, secretly hiding drug supplies, sneaking off to meet their "dealers", and getting freaking high in the clubhouse. Baseball fans and the whole baseball community demand satisfaction and excellency.

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