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I honestly think all of this steroid drama will blow over pretty quickly. By the second month of the season, I doubt there will be much media attention because the fans will have moved on. New stories will unfold once spring rolls around, and we will have brighter things to talk about.
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I believe that you are mistaken about this. The worst aspect to the steroid business is the damage done to the stats. The steroid era is an interuption in comparative flow. From now through forever, all attempts to create rating charts for the greatest of all time will be running into roadblocks when trying to cope with evaluations of players from this era. How in the hell will they decide where Barry Bonds belongs on the list of all time greats? Just use the raw numbers and ignore the seroids issue? Just use his pre 1999 numbers? Try and make some projection as to what he would have hit if he had not been using?
Further, we will be reminded again and again of the steroid problem every year when HoF voting takes place...and this will go on for a very long time. If McGwire keeps getting 25 % of the vote, he will be on the ballot for another 14 years. After that, if he still isn't in, he will be elligible for a veteran's committe vote...forever. If Miguel Tejada plays for another six or seven years, then retires after the 2013 season, he won't be a HoF candidate until 2019. He could in theory be on the writer's ballots until 2034.
"Blow over pretty quickly" just isn't on the menu.