My own opinion–too bad Bart Giamatti died so early . I wish he had been in the office longer but the owners may well have tried to get him out after a couple years as they did with Vincent.

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There is no doubt that Selig has presided over a renaissance in the game, but I believe it has had little to nothing to do with him. In fact, it has been argued, that it was McGwire and Sosa (and their steroids) that really drove the game back from the abyss of 1994. Further, the lack of a “dynasty” team since the late 90′s Yankees, has really driven interest across the country. Frankly, I think the game needs a hard salary cap and better revenue sharing, as this will help the game as a whole.

1. At his hearing, Tejada needed a translator to tell him the issues in Spanish. He also was asked his formal education and said it ended with 8th grade. This is not surprising, since he likely grew up in poverty in the Dominican Republic and may not have had recourse to more educational advantage. Much of his subsequent education has been in the school of baseball. And one of the things he will have been taught is to value his team-mates. Now, Tejada is to be punished for not ratting on a team-mate.

2. Doctors can prescribe HGH to their patients. Sympathetic doctors specializing in sports medicine may find it in their economic self-interest to be generous in prescribing HGH to pro athletes. Players can then use this HGH, if they inform MLB, so their prescription is registered (presumably so they are ok if their urine tests high for HGH). Thus, Tejada’s transgression seems to be that he did not get a doctor to give him a prescription, nor obtain HGH through an authorized pharmacy, if I understand this right. In future, if Tejada were to instead to find a doctor who is generous with HGH prescriptions, he can still take HGH as before, just in future via authorized medical supply pathways.

So while Tejada is being held accountable as regards PEDs, the reasons seem hard to understand. Should his batting records be altered?

If everything is just about the Maris record or the Aaron record, then maybe there would be no need to retroactively change anything, because Tejada does not factor in either.

Let the record clearly state that I did not once use the term “pimp”. On the other hand, did you notice that Whitlock did? I have no idea as to the reason why or what that had to do with his story, however.

Will the Commissioner let stand iffy records owing to fear of war with “the union”? To me, even if there were no players union, the Commissioner would hestitate to choose which records to negate, based on incomplete facts about PED useage everywhere through the game. On balance, its not in the best interests of baseball.

Hammering Hank supports leaving HR records as they are. He is not saying this to win votes. Hank Aaron is a wonderful gentleman and secure in his reputation. This gives him the rare luxury to say exactly Henry Aaron thinks. Well done, Hank.