Sosa Tests Positive? What Took You So Long?

Written by Godfrey Logan, Wednesday June 17 2009

The fact that Sammy Sosa tested positive for steroids in 2003 is no surprise to any one in the city of Chicago. Many of us are saying what took so long for the info to get out?

I was never a fan of Sammy Sosa. I never liked a one dimensional player who can only hit a homer or strike out. He was a serviceable outfielder but that was about it. 2003 was the same year that Sosa got busted for the corked bat. I guess it wasn't a very good year for him. I was in Washington D.C. when the hearings were held and Sosa let his lawyer speak for him as if Sammy suddenly forgot how to speak english. I always thought he was a selfish schmuck and overrated in many ways. I'm sick of hearing that he and Mark Mcguire saved baseball with their homerun exploits when I doubt fans would have stayd away from ball parks during the summer when there is nothing else worth watching. Baseball has been around for far too long for people to stay away.

Bud Selig should take much of the blame for the steroids era since I'm sure he knew this was going on but didn't want to miss out on the revenue from all the packed ball parks during the historic homerun chase.

Another person who shouldn't get a pass is Jose Canseco who only wrote his books to out people because no team would pick him up to allow him to get a chance to hit his 500th homerun. He did it to stick it to baseball when he was a cheat himself.

It's hard to look at any player anymore and not wonder if he has ever been on steroids which is not fair to the majority of players who have played the game the right way. They should release the rest of the names on the list and get it over with and let the chips fall where they may. That might cause fans to stay away from ballparks more than anything.