Really? This is surprising???

George Mitchell's "shocking" report on steroids in baseball came out today. Some of the "surprising names" on the list include Roger Clemens, Miguel Tejada, and Andy Pettitte. I honestly don't know how any rational person can be shocked AT ALL that some of the best players in the league have taken some sort of steroid. I find it hard to believe that people can be so naive. I can believe that people don't WANT to believe it- they don't WANT to know that some of their favorite players have "cheated" the game. With the amount of money to be made in sports, I am shocked when players HAVEN'T done some sort of performance enhancing drug.

Let's see- I am making $2 million a year as the player I am now and my contract is up this season. I can do a few cycles of HGH, stay healthier thruout the season, and then sign a new $9 million dollar a year contract. It's a no brainer. I would think it would be even tougher for a young player stuck in the minor leagues to stay away from some sort of performance boost. Make $40k a year in the minors, or millions in the majors- you just have to hit 20 more home runs and bat 40 points higher. Again, no brainer at all.

Baseball turned a blind eye to the problem since fans love seeing players hit a million home runs and throw the ball 4,000 miles an hour. What WOULD surprise me is if I found out that the majority of players in baseball haven't at least tried a performance enhancing drug at some point in their career.

Roger Clemens is a 45 year old pitcher who still throws in the high 90s. The fact that ANYBODY is shocked that he took (or continues to take) steroids is what shocks ME. I love watching players continue to get bigger, stronger, faster, better. I honestly don't care that much if steroids were involved. Either test the shit out of the players and make sure EVERYONE is totally clean, or let them do some juice and hit the ball 600 feet.