Have We Really Moved On?

Unfortunately, steroids could be rearing their ugly head once more in baseball. Recent reports are that Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun has test positive for PEDs. I personally hope it's a false-positive. Despite playing in the same division of my hometown Cardinals, and playing with one of the most ridiculous players in baseball, Nyjer Morgan, I actually respect Ryan Braun. I hate what he does to my team every year, but if that's the only thing I hate about him then he's probably alright.

Everyone is hoping that this is a mistake, and we can truly
move on from the Steroid Era.

However, that's not the only reason that I hope he's clean. I'm quite frankly sick and tired of hearing about the failure that was the steroid era. It's not just because it was a black spot on the history of the MLB, but it's just one of those things where you're waiting for the next at-one-time big star to fall due. It's almost to the point of "Oh really? I guess I'm not surprised." when it comes to these announcements. Except, Braun seems to be a little different case.

He's not a particularly big guy, and there don't really seem to be any of those obvious signs that seem to scream "Steroids!" Despite being one of the games best sluggers, I don't think there are many who would honestly have thought Braun would use steroids. If he is, then it shows that the part of the steroid era has crept into some of this era's younger stars, and that's something that no one wants to see.

Here's an interesting piece from the New York Times that puts a little bit of all this into perspective.