Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Steroid Testing Update

The union, surprisingly, caved and finally accepted Selig's new steroid penalties. That means 50 games for failing once, 100 for twice, and for ever for thrice. I stand by my statement from earlier today that the problem won't go away until they start taking blood instead of piss, but this is certainly a start as players will be less willing to gamble knowing 50 games are on the line instead of just 10. The tougher penalties are something that simply had to happen. Ten games for one failed test was a joke.