Dr. Giganto

Well, it does bother me a little, especially Clemens. However, there is no "smoking gun" so to say, as far as Clemens is concerned. He's never been linked to a laboratory that provided steroids to pro athletes, and he never showed up on a customer list for a steroid supplier. Bonds was.

As for Giambi, he is not exactly my favorite. My hope is that he is 100% clean now, but there will always be this little bit of me that kinda doesn't like him. However, he at least "apologized", although in a roundabout way. Very few players who've either been caught or had evidence against them have manned up and said they screwed up, but Giambi was one of them, so I at least give him some props for that.

It also doesn't help that Barry bonds is considered one of the biggest jerks in the game. We have a natural tendency to be more forgiving toward "nice guys".

And, assuming Bonds is clean now, what he is doing this year is quite impressive. I will give credit where it is due.

Because there is no reliable test for HGH, I guess we'll never know for sure if guys are on it this season (a test may be developed in the future, of course). But, I guess you can't just assume everyone is dirty. Now that there's at least some testing, let's just think that people's performances this year are legitimate, in which case, I give Bonds all the respect in the world.

Also, I realize this is some he-said, she-said type stuff, but this guy I work with has a cousin in the Cardinals minor league system, and he says he knows Pujols has used steroids in the past. In fact, he said the only big-name player on that team that he knows is clean is Scott Rolen. Take that for what you will...