That’s not really what’s happening, but it is a scenario proposed by Ben Kabak over on Double Play Depth. It equates the drug testing fiascos of steroids, and now HGH to something that is so damaging, the two should step down for the good of the game.
Unfortunately, I don’t see that happening. After the way the comissioners before Selig were treated by the owners, I seriously doubt they will ever allow again an independant commish who has some real authority to say no. They don’t want that, they want someone who if they can’t at least push around, someone who will think and act they way that they do.
I try not to think too hard about these doom & gloom issues with baseball, but they’re becoming more and more evident as time goes by, and makes me wonder what my daughter is going to remember. After the NHL lockout, they had one of the big two like this step down. Unfortunately the “We’re the player union – we don’t do that” will prevail. Actually I feel that’s more Fehr than the actual UNION, but hey…
I’m sure we’ll hear some remark from Marvin Miller too soon. I wonder when the government will open up a can of whoop ass on these guys – I see it coming. Actually, I saw the HGH issue in every attempt to make the steroid testing stronger. They never addressed all these other issues, you know it was coming. You just knew it.