No 'rush to judgment' on Ryan

[Umpire-Empire Reporter]

HBT: The Milwaukee Brewers say Ryan Braun's side of the story deserves to be heard before they make any judgments on his apparent failed drug test.

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[Kevin Finnerty]

Braun stole the MVP if this really has any validity. Bonds stole two from Pujols. A-Rod stole three.

Steroids in baseball has become a colossal crock of $hit. Commissioner Vincent tried to rid the game of steroids in the early 90s. He would have cost the game hundreds of millions in revenue, so the owners moved him out and put their dip$hit colleague $elig in charge, allowing for rampant steroid use and the tainting of the game and its precious records. Record holders with the names Ruth, Williams and Aaron, among others, were eclipsed while the dollars just poured in and $elig turned his head.

Now his very own golden boy that he personally put up as the paragon of his squeaky clean game is testing dirty. That's just beautiful.

[johnnyg08]

yeah you can't make it up...straight out of the Selig organization, the Brewers. What a crock of $hit.

Pujols is finally earning the money he deserves for doing it the right way, not CHEATING

[UmpTTS43]

Steroids is just another substance players have been using in an attempt to improve their play over the last 100 years. As long as there are players, there will be attempts to cheat. Steroids, cocaine, speed, amphetimines, the list goes on. Baseball hasn't been clean for the past 100 years.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Well, thank you for bringing me up to speed.

I feel all enlightened now.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Now for some contemporary reality: Anabolic steroids and other synthetic testosterone building substances carry with them numerous health risks along with their sometimes unmanageable side effects. Ask the survivors of Ken Caminiti and Darryl Kile.

Major League Baseball has a responsibility to legislate against the use of these types of substances---a responsibility that it has only recently decided to assume.

I don't know how irresponsible you think $elig should be allowed to be, but for such a well-known culture of abuse to be allowed to exist for so long is unforgivable, especially considering that human lives are being imperiled and families are being wrecked by this form of abuse.

I know you have stated that you prefer irresponsible and unaccountable leadership, but this is absurd.