There’s a story about Sammy Sosa hitting his 600th homer in the steroid era. It’s a good article about people having to realize that these records made by many baseball stars were tainted by steroid drug use.

Despite the fact that many baseball fans and members of the baseball media want to ignore the issue - or want to wish it away - steroids, human growth hormone and other performance enhancing drugs will be part of the discussion of baseball as long as the names Bonds, Sosa, McGwire and a few others are in the record books. These guys did what they did and regardless of who people want to blame, the fact is that guys have used drugs to get an edge. The reality is that the stats and records that have been attained over the past 15 years need to be viewed through the prism of drug use.

When I was watching baseball the other night when Sammy Sosa was working on his 600th homer, I couldn’t believe anyone was actually excited about it. Is he still using steroids? What is so exciting about someone hitting a homer when they may or may not be using steroids?