Any Scapegoat Will Do

I am no fan of Barry Bonds; I think he treats the press and the fans with complete disrespect, acting as a poor ambassador for the game. Worse than that though, he decided to tarnish the game and its most cherished records by abusing illegal performance enhancing drugs.

Despite all that, I am against Bud Selig's deicision to investiage Barry Bonds. Any investigation by Major League Baseball into Bonds' alleged steroid use is inconsistent compared to its previous actions. For example, MLB did not investigate Jason Giambi last year after his testimony before a grand jury, in which he admitted to steroid use, was leaked.

If there is one thing I have been consistent about from the beginning of this scandal is that baseball needs to investigate the use of steroids throughout all of baseball, instead of picking on one or two players that make the news. When they do this investigation, it should be large-scale and thorough and no effort should be made to cover up complicit behavior during the steroid years on the part of the owners and general managers.

Since I doubt MLB is ready to admit their own involvement, they shouldn't bother investigating it at all. I hate scapegoating more than I hate deciding to ignore the past altogether.