Baseball's Steroid Investigation is as Weak as Bud Selig Himself

All this talk of an open investigation into the Steroid Era of baseball has my head spinning. First of all, let me put out in th eopen, that Bud Selig is a self-centered, egotistical, and deceiving leader of baseball. He sees dollar signs and not much else.

The investigation into Barry Bonds is ludicrous. You have to go way beyond that scope to make it relevant. In my opinion, it is Bud Selig's personal goal to block Bonds from any more records. It is also, in my opinion, all Selig's fault that the whole situation got this far out of control.

The major league owners started discussing the issue of steroids in formal meetings in 1993. It only got serious enough for an investigation now. Hmm....could it be because the corporate sponsors are starting to pull their funding, based on a possibly tainted Bonds record run? Yes. Before dollars were starting to stray from baseball, it was no big deal.

I wouldn't be surprised if Selig intimately knew of steroid and other performance enhancing drug use long ago. When baseball went through its tough labor times, fans were reluctant to return to the parks to give their support of the game. So what did baseball do? They made the game more exciting by juicing the ball. This started the offensive overhaul of the game. Homers were entertainment and entertainment sold tickets. Knowing that this was Seligs money pot, I can see how heads could be turned to ignore the bulking up of players. Afterall, record homers were exciting. Ratings were up, attendance was up, the green was flowing in.

Maybe it went too far. Records were being smashed by over the hillers. The suspicion grew more and more. Drug testing policies were put into place. Bonds never failed. Other players failed. Bonds is the closest to breaking the most coveted record of all time. Selig realized that what he let go for years and years has come back to haunt him. He made his money then, and is losing money now beacuse of Bonds' image. He will do whatever it takes to block Bonds and to retain his corporate sponsers' dollars. Poor Bud Selig, it must be rough being such a slimy bastard.