sterioids yawwwwwwn

Sterioids (Yawwwwwwn...)

Many people don't care and neither do I.

The Times Union of Albany reported that an illicit steroid

distribution network led authorities to raid two pharmacies in

Florida, including Signature Pharmacy, and arrest four company

officials. Unidentified sources said that Los Angeles Angels

outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. and former major league baseball pitcher

Jason Grimsley were customers. The source also identified former

heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield as a customer.

So I guess now we're suppose to stand up and scream about how these

allegations taint Holyfield's boxing career. We have to pretend to

gripe about another baseball player linked to steroids and how this

will impact the sport. We're supposed to have yet another conversation

about Barry Bonds and his chase for the all-time home run record. We

have to feign outrage and anger and offense.

But we don't care.

We have to shake our head in disgust as we hear about links to college

athletes, high school coaches, a former Mr. Olympia and other former

MLB and NFL players, including a team physician for the Pittsburgh

Steelers. We have to be saddened by the effect that this is having on

our children (because they are OUR future) and what this means for the

many impressionable minds out there. I mean where are our kids going

to learn morals and values? We all know the answer to that, but using

logic doesn't make sense these days so let's put the onus on the

athletes instead.

(Isn't it funny that we don't put this much pressure on coke-sniffing

rock stars, gun-toting gangsta rappers or overly-promiscuous actors?

After all, they reflect more of the human condition than most

professional athletes.)

So the sports writers continue to tackle this issue with aplomb and

yet all people can talk about are March Madness, spring training, the

NBA season, the NHL season and what latest NFL player impregnated an

inhumanly skinny model. It's obvious that many sports fans have

accepted the topic of steroids as another part of the sports

landscape. The cocaine-fueled adventures of baseball players in the

80s didn't stop people from watching the sport. Sometimes, they were

even celebrated (for further proof, read "The Bad Boys Won!" a book

about the '86 Mets my favorite sports team ever not named the mid-90s

New York Knicks)

America will have to put up with this all summer when Mr. Bonds

continues his onslaught on Hank Aaron's record. We will hear about how

baseball will never be the same and how awkward it's going to be if he

breaks the record on the road.

Many of us could care less. Many of us actually see that inevitable

moment as the biggest source for unintentional comedy in 2007. Many of

us will continue to follow sports and even baseball after all of the

investigations and accusations.

Many of us will continue to watch because we don't care.

For those who actually feel strongly about this and are not happy with

where things are headed, I commend you. But unfortunately I have to