
07-15-2009, 01:50 AM
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Bud Selig says steroids a societal problem not a baseball problem Selig speaks his mind Kansas City Star Selig also continued to defend the way baseball handled steroids testing, pointing out that the leaks that Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa were among more than 100 players who failed tests in 2003 came about because the game instituted testing. He also drew a connection between widespread steroid use in the 1990s and 2000s to the cocaine scandals of the 1980s. “Look, nobody ever fools anybody here,” he said. “Steroid use, and I’ll say it again as long as you give me the opportunity, is a societal problem. It’s not a baseball problem, in spite of what I often (expletive) read. There are some people who don’t seem to comprehend that, and that’s OK. But we’ve done everything we possibly can.” ... More... |