INTEGRITY?

I am not a fanatic baseball fan. The last game that I saw was in 2001(?) a rather uninspiring game between the Phoenix team and some other team.

The other day, a rather famous player (McGuire) admitted that he had an extensive history of having used performance enhancing drugs in order to provide him with an advantage over other players. This, after he had retired was really a non event since nothing is expected to change by his revelations. A memorable comment by him at the conference in which he revealed his transgressions was that he had lied, during his playing days, about his involvement in illegal substances but, now, since that is behind him, we should all forget these things and listen to his advice and counsel now.

I would be willing to believe his sincerity if he did the following: renounce all of his baseball awards that he accepted during his playing years; move to have his statistical records deleted from any historical database; and return all funds and commissions both from baseball and commercial endorsements to the original providers (teams, companies, and so called fans) with appropriate interest. Otherwise I soundly reject his so called apology (if that is what it was).

Since I have already expressed my dis-interest in baseball, why should I even comment here? Because it is a strong indicator of the state of many prominent and influential people in this Country that needs to be changed.