First and foremost, I love the game of baseball in all its glory. The expensive food, the uncomfortable seats and the craziness of the fans. Baseball was created for escapism from the reality of everyday life. Larger than life players performing unbelievable acts of athleticism. Everything about baseball can be and is entertaining to me. I NEVER suffered from delusions that athletes were perfect or born perfect.

But it seems that Senator Mitchell was hell bent on proving a point or at least tearing down a national institution. So he can publish a report called "The Mitchell Report" which may or may not contain inaccuracies. 89 Major League Baseball players whose names may or may not be forever be tainted by potential false accusations of steroid abuse. Ok...so here is the newsflash: "Baseball Players Cheated". Stop the presses! What on Earth? How could this be? People on television (or in person) playing a GAME that are built bigger than Hercules are cheaters? The used substances to grow excessively? What will we do? How could this have happened? I guess that means only one thing...we will have to go to the ballpark to work through our grief. Oh my! My "former steroid using" favorite player just won the World Series? Well I'm happy so now I can move on from all this finger pointing.

What really seems absurd about all of this is that Senator Mitchell thought he was going to receive some kind of huge payday, book deal or movie deal about it. Note to Senator Mitchell: 'No one cares what overpaid athletes do to themselves. The hometowns just want a championship. If it was that big of a deal, the Steinbrenners would have fired their team years ago. No one cares." And another thing...if players used substances that were not banned at the time of playing then they did NOT cheat. Once the ban went into effect, then it was up to baseball to enforce the rules not my tax payer dollar and an over zealous senator.

For clarification (love him or hate him) Barry Bonds is the greatest Home Run hitter of all time. Steroids or not, you still have to have skill and talent to hit the ball no matter how big your arms, head or ego is period. Get over it. One day Alex Rodriguez (or as I like to call him A-Roid" will probably surpass him. The fact that the media made such a big deal about whether or not Alex took steroids or not was ridiculous. He is the king of bad decisions anyway. Note to Alex: You might be the nicest guy in the world but you should fire your P.R. people. Come on! You left Seattle 'not for the money but to join a winner'? How did that work out by the way in Texas? Everyone knew that Texas had a zero chance in hell of winning a title. So far your team looks good in the 2009 ALCS but the Yankees might want to be careful. If they do not win the title, it is because A-Rod might be cursed. And Mark McGuire...I loved watching him back in the day in Oakland and even with the Cardinals. But seriously. Who believed he was free of steroids? But Big Mac was a hitting stud regardless of enhancing drugs of choice.

The point of all this (and please believe I know its just my opinion talking) is that a game that we love to go to as a child or even take our children to is somewhat tainted. And I don't mean tainted by drug abuse allegations but I am referring to one senator who made it his personal vendetta to try and ruin something that we love to watch. Next time you want to waste tax payer money Senator Mitchell, spend it on tickets for underprivileged youths who can't afford to go watch a sporting event.