Enough is enough: It's now time to stop breaking Bonds
By: James Mason
Issue date: 4/21/06 Section: Sports
Originally published: 4/21/06 at 11:17 AM EST
Last update: 4/21/06 at 11:16 AM EST
Originally published: 4/21/06 at 11:17 AM EST
Last update: 4/21/06 at 11:16 AM EST
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It's then easy for us to just call the whole era tainted. As the steroids investigation continues, baseball is just looking for a reason to not acknowledge Bonds. The only way MLB can't indict itself is to go after Bonds or to give the entire era an asterisk, ban these guys from the Hall of Fame and keep it moving. But if we can call this past era tainted, what about the most dubious era in baseball history?
I'm talking about baseball before Jackie Robinson. If steroids use taints the game, I believe racism taints the game even more. If we look at steroid use as players having an unfair advantage, can we not look at the white baseball players of 60 years ago as playing against a diluted talent pool? Guys that could've been baseball's greatest players of the era weren't allowed to play, just like guys that were the greatest players of the past 20 years might not have been as good without steroids. If we are going to go through the game and give out asterisk, let's not ignore the era that perhaps deserves an asterisk the most.
James Mason is a pre-junior majoring in communications. He can be reached through sports@thetriangle.org.
I'm talking about baseball before Jackie Robinson. If steroids use taints the game, I believe racism taints the game even more. If we look at steroid use as players having an unfair advantage, can we not look at the white baseball players of 60 years ago as playing against a diluted talent pool? Guys that could've been baseball's greatest players of the era weren't allowed to play, just like guys that were the greatest players of the past 20 years might not have been as good without steroids. If we are going to go through the game and give out asterisk, let's not ignore the era that perhaps deserves an asterisk the most.
James Mason is a pre-junior majoring in communications. He can be reached through sports@thetriangle.org.
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