Durzblog

According to a new SI report, A-Rod failed a test for steroids in 2003. In typical fashion, the report came from four unnamed sources -- who saw a legally confidential document that included Alex's name on a list of 104 players that failed the test 6 years ago -- I am no fan or apologist for Rodriguez, but this is total bullocks. The whole unnamed source craze in the media is a gripe for another day -- these sources at the very best made a federal offense and who ever responsible ought to be sued.

What is the next step for Alex? -- will he go Pettitte and cry, Giambi and kind of admit it, OR is he going to go the lie some more route (see Barry, Palmeiro, Clemens et al). I'm hoping for some truth, but I highly doubt it -- its never been his style.

MLB continues to be an absolute embarrassment and the Players Union ought to be ashamed of themselves. Why is it OK to continue to drop these names out to the public all willy nilly. I'm still outraged by the Mitchell Report, unless you are going to tell me every player who has used steroids -- then I would rather not know any. I'll just assume that at least half of the guys in the majors from 1997-2003 were on the juice, if you weren't -- you just weren't trying hard enough. Show me all 104 or show me none and please stop hiding behind these unnamed sources. A-rod is going to take a big public hit for this, but until last week, everyone thought he was going to be the one to break all the records, "clean". Who else is sitting all pretty who failed drug tests 6 years ago? I guess we will just wait until they become a really big star before we out them. After-all, this is about selling mags and newspapers.