Yet Another PED Post {{GROAN}}

The big question concerning the entire A-Rod story is how the information got leaked so that Sports Illustrated could get their story? The story quoted four different sources. Where did those sources come from and what is the government's role in all this? The facts are troubling.

Donald Fehr released a statement as to why the tests of 2003 were not destroyed. The statement makes perfect sense in that they could not destroy the tests or the information concerning them because the government served them with a subpoena for all the information and the tests. The player's union has been battling the subpoena ever since.

Let's face it, it is in the best interest of the union not to have this information public. The union is run by lawyers for gosh sakes who would never throw their own charges under the bus. The leaks therefore, had to come from government employees. And that, my friends, is a misuse of public trust.

The government has not been exemplary in its handling of this issue. While the outcome has been good with MLB forced to take the issue seriously and clean up its game, which we can all be thankful for, the ends do not justify the means. Just look at Greg Anderson, the guy getting the most screwed by the whole Barry Bonds thing.

The prosecutors in the Bonds case want Anderson to rat on Bonds to make their case. He refused and was thrown in jail for months. When that didn't get him to talk, they started raiding his family houses and even his mother-in-law's house. That is harassment in the worst measure. Whether Anderson was a part of criminal actions or not, the government should not be strong arming his entire family like some kind of dictatorship.

And how much energy and money has been expended on this little adventure? While our kids are wasting away on Oxycontin and their pushers are untroubled by any government action, millions have been spent to put Bonds and now Clemens away. Enough already. You made your point, MLB is cleaning up its mess. Get your priorities straightened back around and go after real criminals.

And now, for who knows what end, four government employees have apparently leaked information to a news outlet about Alex Rodriguez. Who is next? It's appalling. Granted, it's good for fans to know about A-Rod and it's good for him to have a chance to clear the air. But it's deeply troubling how public officials can betray public trust in this manner.