Originally posted by Rockaholic:
In 1991 the League Banned the use and possesion of Steriods. The players union didn't want the league to actually test any of the players, and the Commisioner gave into those demands.
Uh, wrong. Steroids was not "banned" in 1991. There was a memo with a proposal to get "illegal drugs" banned, but (like you said) the union didn't agree to it. Therefore, nothing was banned in the league.
Even if that wasn't the case- it doesn't matter if it was specficially stated that it was illegal because of the Best Interests of Baseball clause. And to top ot off, the Commisioner doesn't need to have an admission or a conviction in a court to be able to act.
Might want to read about the "Best Interests of Baseball clause" and who would actually win if Selig used that.
Because you bring up Pete Rose, and mention that gambling (on baseball) was banned long before he did it
At the start and end of the 1919 season,......to fix the outcome of any baseball games, or to fail to inform the manager or owner of the team if they knew of any players betting on or conspiring to fix baseball games.
The big difference was that baseball immediately took charge after it happened.
The single season Home Run record has always been overrated in my opinion - no one talked about it during the '80s.[/QB]
This is a funny statement because no one even came close to the single season homerun record in the '80's. Of course no one talked about it. I remember when 35-40 homeruns would win you the homerun title. Hell, it was a huge deal when Cecil Fielder reached 50 in 1990. Make no mistake, this is a big deal and Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds broke it by using steriods, but the drug wasn't banned in baseball.
Again, I would love to see their records stripped, but I believe we're living in a dream world as long as Selig is the Commish.
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