McGwire and Steroids

I didn't want to comment on the whole McGwire steroids statement thing going on. I haven't read his statement and I haven't really done anything more than skim over any articles I've seen. From the political blogs I follow it might have been something of a controversy, there have been a lot of "histories biggest monster" jokes.  Apparently one of the Big 3 network newscasters even made some kind of a statement about it.

I've never posted my thoughts on steroids before, and I should probably do a fuller explanation some day, but basically I throw it in with the opinion of "cheating" I've had ever since I was a little kid. So what, cheatings part of baseball, and as far as I can tell everybody does, and if you say you aren't that makes me just about sure that you are.

I'm sorry if that might seem cynical, but I'm pretty sure it's true. I have always believed that every hitters bat was corked, and every pitcher was doctoring the ball. Why wouldn't you? Do you know why ballplayer's pants have those ridiculously huge loops? Because when they were normal loops infielders would hook their fingers in them to slow up baserunners. And how the hell is stealing signs "cheating"? Signals intelligence is just smart. Why are there umpires at all?

I could go on, and maybe one day I will.

Anyways back to the statement. I haven't read it, and since it doesn't say as far as I can tell: "I took steroids, there were no rules against it, and you can't prove I didn't have a valid medical reason for it, so suck on it!" then I don't care, because it's a lie. That's about the most honest anybody in this situation can be. When the players association and or the MLB actually come out and make that statement then I'll be ready to believe they are ready to honestly deal with the situation. Anybody who thinks differently needs to take a long hard look at how sports, society, the law and the medical profession really views steroid use, and then justify their bubble world.