Baseball, why do you hate me?

The steroid era that lasted for a solid 2 decades between 1985 and 2005, many of our heroes have been embarrassed and exiled from the game of baseball never to be heard of again. However, in the midst of the books, blood samples, and congressional hearings, we still had a handful of amazing all-time great baseball stars who avoided the steroid urge and rose to the level baseball greatness.

Alex Rodriguez is considered by most as the best baseball player, maybe ever. He was the number one overall selection. He won the batting title his first full year in the bigs, he went 40-40 as a 23 year old, he had 40+ home runs 6 years in a row, including 2 50 homer seasons, while playing the hardest defensive position short stop. He has 2 gold gloves, 14 all-star appearances, 3 MVP's, and made a seamless transition from short to 3rd. He was a pure, natural player that transcends all generations of the game.

This is why it is so disappointing to wake up this morning, look at any media outlet and see the headline that A-fraud tested positive for anabolic steroids as recently as 2003. It's difficult to continually be bashed over the head by someone you love and trust explicitly, but major league baseball keeps doing it again and again.

I'm guessing Albert Pujols is next