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The media is coming down hard on former Dirtbag Jason Giambi for alledgedly using performance enhancing drugs and substances - and rightly so, in my opinion. Take a look at this article in the New York Post. I think Jason made some very bad decisions, and he has and will probably pay a high price - in terms of his health and livelihood.

Watching Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Channel this morning, it was reported that Barry Bonds may also have testified before the grand jury that he used such drugs as well. The focus of the piece was whether fans will stand for a chemically enhanced player breaking baseball's most revered record - lifetime home runs. I'm sure there will be carping, but I bet as he approaches Babe Ruth's and Hank Aaron's records fans will flock to watch in San Francisco and on the road. In my book, anyone who complains about steroid use by players but gives their money to the teams that employ these drug abusers is a hypocrite.

But the biggest hypocrites of all are the owners and managers in Major League Baseball. The New York Yankees have already ran to the MLB office looking for ways to void Jason's contract. I've heard he has something like $82,000,000 in compensation owed, much of it deferred from prior years. The Yankees feigned horror about drug use is amazing. In truth, this news is the best thing to happen to them for some time. They see the chance to dump a contract they desperately wanted to get out of regardless of Giambi's conduct. If you doubt this, then ask yourself how quickly the Giants will make the same move concerning Bonds. It ain't gonna happen!

And, frankly, I don't believe for a minute that MLB doesn't know who is using steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. How else does a twenty something man go from being a well conditioned athlete to the Incredible Hulk. Give me a break. The only sin that Giambi and Bonds have committed in the eyes of the MLB owners and execs is embarrassing them through public exposure of the truth. They gladly accept the benefits of these substances as long as they can pretend it isn't happening.

I wish all abuse of these drugs was consistently exposed, and consistently led to lifetime bans from baseball. I have no doubt, assuming the reports of abuse are true, that Giambi and Bonds have made millions of extra dollars as a direct result of this stuff. This payday hangs as a temptation to college, high school and minor league players to follow suit. What 18 or 20 year old doesn't feel immortal? The well documented health risks from using steroids, etc., are (no doubt, already are being) ignored in favor of making the big bucks. This is a sickness that needs to be cured...now.