I’ve been reading the latest to come down from Major League Baseball about the Barry Bonds Steroid issue. What I still don’t understand is, why aren’t people as outraged about other players using steroids? I hear so much about Barry Bonds, or Mark McGuire, but you don’t hear as much about the people they are facing off with using steroids. If there is any position that could benefit from the increased power of steroid use, it’s the pitchers. It’s a new age and a new sport, complete with new problems.

On a side note, you can't tell me that if Ruth, Nolan Ryan, et al were playing baseball now they wouldn't try steroids if it would improve their performance. Hell, I think Ruth truly believed that cigars, alcohol and women improved his performance (I can't disagree with that, can I get an "Amen"?)

The latest outburst against Bonds, based on some book about him, comes from a couple of reporters for a San Francisco newspaper. I’m not really shocked by this. Bonds has never been the most media-friendly guy, he doesn’t like to put up with the media’s crap and he lets them know it.

There are the usual allegations of racism, that these reporters don’t want Bonds to bypass Babe Ruth as the home run leader. I don’t think it’s as much racism as it is a desire to see a childhood hero (Ruth) not be passed by someone these reporters think of as a jackass.

Although you never know…