In a recent baseball fans poll, more than fifty percent respondents said that the names of all the listed 103 players, who failed drug tests in 2003, should be made publicly. Till now, only Alex Rodriguez name came to the limelight.
The poll was conducted to see the impact of steroid issues, linked with the game, on the fans love. But unlike earlier polls, the recent one turned out to into a major blow for approaching Major League Baseball season, which is just one week away.
One thing is clear from the poll’s result that if the union and teams want to make the season a successful event then they have to sort out steroids scandals quickly. Because, if again a name appears then it will be another blow to the game’s reputation.
Various great baseball players, like Brian Cashman, Roy Oswalt, Curt Schilling and Al Leiter also believed that ending of these humilating steroid issues was best for the game.
From The Daily News:
Name all the names and let’s move on. We know about Alex Rodriguez, now tell us about the other 103 cheaters on The List of players who failed drug tests in 2003 and let baseball mend.
With Bud Selig and Donald Fehr out of the way (see the first two points of our five-point plan) the catharsis of full disclosure is what baseball needs. Without it, the healing from the Steroid Era will take many more years, if it ever happens. There will always be a next name to trickle out, whether it is another of the game’s glittering stars or a scrub who needed “boli” just to grab a cup of coffee in the majors. Each name will be another blow to the game, another scandal to remind the baseball world that juiced sluggers and craven pitchers were cheating fans, their teammates, their union and the game.
So tell us everything now. Even if you’re not on that list and you got away with cheating, ‘fess up and you’ll be granted immunity in what will be baseball’s version of the gun law - turn in your syringe and there are no charges. Sure, your endorsements might take a hit, but your conscience will be clear. In America, the land of second chances, you might receive some scorn, but there will be plenty of fans eager to forgive and return to worshipfulness. Just ask Jason Giambi and Andy Pettitte.
A former pitcher-turned broadcaster, Leiter said that as long as there were investigative reporters out there looking for the next biggest names, this would be a story that would always remain around. Even Leiter suggested an excellent idea to reveal the names of steroid cheaters. “Take the list and plop it down in a big ballroom in New York City,” he says.
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