Performance Enhancement

Ha! The punter got steroids. As if NFL players needed another reason to hate the punters and kickers (see: Mike Vanderjagt stupid comments).

This is no major surprise, as even though other sports have more stringent steroid testing programs than MLB, people test positive, which means steroids are still in use.

Also, much has been made of Mark McGwire's unwillingness to "discuss the past" with regards to the House hearings on steroids. Should we really believe the other players? Consider some of their histories:

Jose Canseco - just a shady (greasy?) fellow

Curt Schilling - backed off his 2002 statement to SI that he couldn't pat teammates on the backside because that's where they injected themselves.

Rafael Palmiero - has history of using "performance enhancing drugs" (Viagra)

Sammy Sosa - has history of cheating (corked bat)

In most respects, I don't care. I'm going to three or four games in April and I plan on following the season like it's any other. But I do feel a little bad for the honest guy who might get squeezed off a team because the other players are cheating. I'm also annoyed by all the people who are surprised by the cheating, think baseball is the only sport that has this problem, or want to revoke records, etc. Once the games start, hopefully the steroids talk will stop.