The opening of the new season in less than a week and the MLB is bruised and battered of everything it has to deal with in the off-season. They barely had their rest from the controversies, they are now about to face the pressure of the ballgames. However, before they do so they have to pay attention, at the very least, to what the fans are saying. They have grown tired of the steroids talk and they want some action, pronto. Some excitement was stirred when the news about Alex Rodriguez and several other ball players got involved with performance enhancing drugs. It gave the fans and the media something to talk about for a while. But when it started to dominate the headlines longer than it should, baseball buffs are getting annoyed. They want the old baseball game back.

In a way, the MLB did their best to put the issue under control by imposing penalties on those who are caught on dope. The first offense gets a 50 game suspension, second offense-100 game suspension and a lifetime ban on the third offense.

From The Daily News:

Moving forward there needs to be and outrage – the kind being directed at the crooks who hijacked our economic system. In the end, the marauders who molested Wall St. are no different than professional athletes who use steroids; both are consumed by the money to be made when you toss the rules aside and are governed by nothing more than gluttony.

“Ban ‘em for the whole year,” Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said last month.

While Ortiz’s suggestion is a good start, MLB needs to be tougher than it has ever been before. Here’s what the new punishments should be: a first offense gets you a year ban; a second offense gets you banned for life. No exceptions.

Fay Vincent, who was commissioner in 1989-1992 said they are all working towards a lifetime ban for the offenders. That should make them think twice before they touch any of the banned substances.

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