[ctownboy]

Mr.Cole,

The Commisioner's Office had rules against steroid and PED use as far back as 1993, the problem was the Player's Union would NOT go along with those rules. So, there was no teeth in the rules. Because of this, baseball was powerless to do anything about the cheating UNLESS they wanted a strike.

They didn't and they let it pass. It was ONLY when Congress stepped up and started talking about revoking basball's Anti-Trust exemption did the Players Union take notice and decide to start working with the Commish's Office and put some rules (with teeth) into writing.

So, there WERE people wanting to clean things up but it was the players themselves who refused to do so.

I remember some White Sox players saying they were willing to take drug tests to prove they were NOT cheating and they took heat from the Players Union and other players for doing this. The reason they stepped forward was because they didn't want to get labeled cheaters and wanted people to know they were playing by the rules and being fair about it. They wanted the fans to TRUST baseball.