Doug Miller
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- Doug Miller
See, Phil! It's easy, and fun.
I'm happy with the current talks that are happening between baseball and the union. I think the union just got a big bucket of water thrown in their face -- and it's about time.
I'd love to see an instant suspenion for first offense, then gradual up to a ban for repeated offenses. I'm happy to see (it's been reported) that they're talking about more than just performance enhancers. Are we going to see regular drug testing too? I think this would all benefit baseball. If I can only see one thing come out of this whole new talks, it would be that the results MUST be made public. I wouldn't care if they didn't even get suspended, as long as the fans knew what was going on. In the current agreement, I don't think we actually would hear anything about it until the 3rd or 4th offense, which is just ridiculous.
For as much crap as Selig gets -- and he get's a fair share from me -- this could be another mark in his legacy. Yes, steroids happened on his watch, but we could be looking at a commissioner that not only grew the game with it's exhibitions overseas and upcoming World Cup, but also added Interleague Play (I'm not saying it's good or bad, that's a different discussion), and now is instituting a full scale drug testing policy for MLB and the minors. That's a pretty big legacy, and a discussion for a different day. (Yes, he has a long list of negatives too, but again, different day.)
Doug