Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two different steroids in an 2003 anonymous drug test, and hwo he got in trouble for a supposed "anonymous" drug test is beyond me. In his 2003 season A-rod was the MVP of the American league and Home Run leader and he is even supposed to become the home run king by the end of his ten year contract with the yankees.
Alex was actually on the same steroids that Barry Bonds took, and reportedly Barry didn't test positive for the steroid in 2003. This raised the question, how many people didn't even get caught? How many people made it past the steroid tests? Many baseball players took steroids, whether they were pitchers and hitters. The whole steroid era was messed up, and if they planned on enforcing rules on steroids they should have tested for them more intensly. You can't just make rules and not plan on enforcing them. Competative edge won over in baseball and it really is the commisioners fault.
Allan Doherty, Kirk Radomski's "Bases Loaded", Steroids in Baseball, February 2, 2009, March 3, 2009, http://www.steroidsinbaseball.net/articles/radomski.html
Kirk Radomski's "Bases Loaded", is a book that describes the underhanded world of professional baseball. He describes the commisioners direct disregard of steroids and the media's hush hush attitude. "I think what Mark McGwire has accomplished is so remarkable, and he has handled it so beautifully, we want to do everything we can to enjoy a great moment in baseball history."- Bud Selig.
Allan Doherty, The Mitchell Report, Steroids in Baseball, March 3, 2009, http://www.steroidsinbaseball.net/mitchellreport.pdf
For more than a decade there has been widespread illegal use of anabolic steroids
and other performance enhancing substances by players in Major League Baseball, in violation of federal law and baseball policy. Club officials routinely have discussed the possibility of such substance use when evaluating players. Those who have illegally used these substances range
from players whose major league careers were brief to potential members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. They include both pitchers and position players, and their backgrounds are as diverse as those of all major league players.
Allan Doherty, Mark McGwire's Final At Bat, Steroids in Baseball, December 5, 2006, March 7, 2009, http://www.steroidsinbaseball.net/articles/mcgwires_final_at_bat.html
This goes to show hwo people who took steroids are going to have a hard to get into the hall of fame. People dont care about stats once people know who took steroids. People are now looking to exclude people who have taken steroids from the Hall of Fame and some great baseball players will never even have the chance to be a Hall of Famer because of a mistake that they made
Allan Doherty, Baseball's Integrity is in the Cellar, Steroids in Baseball, December 6, 2006, March 10, 2009, http://www.steroidsinbaseball.net/articles/baseballs_integrity_in_cellar.html
Bud Selig has been a joke of a commisioner. He never actually did his job and he has ruined the integrity of baseball. He has literally been worthless. Vincient Fay actually made a steroid and drug ban in 1991 because of a potential problem. Selig a past owner was just interest in making money for the league and for the owners.
Allan Doherty, Balco Timeline, Steroids in Baseball, March 10, 2009, http://www.steroidsinbaseball.net/balco.html
This timeline shows the effect of steroids in not only baseball but all sports. Many high profile athletes took steroids to get an edge over the competition. Even though all these sports had anti-doping agencies, it didn't make a difference. Steroids are just too easy to get ahold of and there are too many drugs to try and test for.
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