Originally posted on 04/12/2013:
MLB got what they needed out of the "steroid era." It's really been a brilliant strategy -- turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to this stuff when the reputation of the game needed to be repaired, then when the game's popularity was back in full force, dump these guys like they're yesterday's news and go after them, pretending to be vigilant in "cleaning up the game." Laughable to those who have been paying attention, but to the casual fan, it looks like MLB is actually being proactive rather than hypocritical.