A message for the players union, or the MLB offices, or both: Either release the name of every player on the list of 104 which tested positive for PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs), or slap a damn gag order on anyone involved with this whole debacle. I’m sick of seeing names pop up every few weeks who may or may not be on that stupid list. Seeing as how nobody will confirm the last time they went to the bathroom, let alone the validity of the information they’re spewing as seen in the ever present, “Speaking on the condition of anonymity”, which is nearly becoming a cliche all its own, nowadays. If your sources aren’t willing to put their name on the line, I don’t care if every player may be on that list.

I’m not stupid, and the majority of baseball fans aren’t either. We all have our ideas on who tested positive and chances are the majority of those we think are on the list, really are on the damn list. The facts remain that baseball has toughened up their drug policies. But, with the constant leaking of what was supposed to be extremely sensitive, anonymous test results, this does nothing but undermine what the league is trying to do, to put the steroid era on the back burner.

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