Alex Rodriguez*

Baseball has been so heavily effected by steroids because the MLB’s higher officials, like commissioner Bud Selig, refused to stop the use of steroids in the early 90′s. Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa brought baseball back into American minds, because of the home runs they were hitting, and because of all these fans, the  MLB was making money. Clearly, many players during this time were using performance enhancing drugs, and Selig and his cronies just watch the players damage themselves. The only way that baseball can possibly clean itself up is if Bud Selig resigns. He no longer has authority over the stopping of steroids, because he was half of the problem. Selig is perhaps the worst commissioner of all of Major League Baseball’s history. He believed that the problem would end right after the Barry Bonds trial. However the problem has just quintupled, now that one of the league’s biggest stars as well as 103 other players have been accused of taking steroids. Nice job Bud, you ruined the reputation of baseball, just to improve your own cash flow. Until a new commissioner is installed, baseball will continue to writhe in its own ‘juices’, because Bud Selig isn’t going to do anything. Selig has overseen baseball during its worst era: the steroid era.

Alex Rodriguez has tarnished his reputation, and while he still may be a great hitter, the ever so feared (*) symbol will remain next to his name. The MLB will eventually be clean, however it will take a huge push from higher management to punish players harshl for using banned substances, and quite frankly, that will take the resignation of Bud Selig.