On the eve of perhaps the most important day in MLB history, let's not forget something that has failed to be mentioned. Steroids saved baseball. Where would we be right now without the HR chase of 1998 with Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa? Ever since that year, attendance figures has increased to record numbers. Why? Fans dig the long ball. Home runs are being hit at a pace never before seen.
Where was the uproar then? Why all of a sudden do we get so involved in this that it consumes our life? Where was Bud Selig in the summer of 1998? He wasn't publically speaking out against steroids. He was in his office with all the money he made. Against popular belief, Selig isn't stupid. He wasn't going to ruin a good thing.
I do not condone what these players have done. I, myself, can't wait for this list to be released. But, we can't forget how we acted nine years ago, at the height of the "steroid era." The "steroid era" may hang a black cloud over baseball for years to come, but it will be one of, if not the most lucrative period in MLB history.
So, in the end, there is one question to ask. Was 1998, and all the money, and attendance figures, worth this firestorm that MLB has faced these past few years?
12-12-2007 06:12 PM 
On the eve of perhaps the most important day in MLB history, let's not forget something that has failed to be mentioned. Steroids saved baseball. Where would we be right now without the HR chase of 1998 with Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa? Ever since that year, attendance figures has increased to record numbers. Why? Fans dig the long ball. Home runs are being hit at a pace never before seen. 