State of Disturbia - Steroids in Baseball

Open letter to MLB:

Look Manny. You shouldn't get away with this by claiming it's just a mistake. You shouldn't get to reclaim your HOF quest once your suspension is over. You shouldn't be omitted from the names that drip when cheaters are brought up: Clemens, Bonds, Rose, Sosa, A-Rod, Shoeless Joe and the Black Sox, Albert Belle, Gaylord Perry. You shouldn't get to have ESPN drool all over you instead of vilifying you. Just counting down the days until your return as if it was nothing more than an hamstring injury. You shouldn't but you will.

As for you Mr. Selig, I have the solution, but you need to implement it by fiat.

Any player caught using banned illegal substances is:
- Banned for one year from the exact date they are caught. Suspension effective immeditely. If they are caught in May, they can't play again until the next May. Caught in October, banned until the next October.

Penalty for one becomes a penalty for all.
- Any games during the current season that the player was involved become automatic retroactive forfeits and marked as wins for the other team. This would provide players with the ultimate responsiblity of policing themselves and leave no room for ambiguity about who is responsible.

- All players on playoff eligible teams must take and pass an illegal substance test before being allowed to participate in the postseason.

There. Illegal substance abuse penalty solution solved.