ESPN.com – MLB – Bonds randomly tested for steroids Friday
An ESPN SportsNation poll, with 34,000 respondents, and 57 percent say that even if Bonds tests negative they won’t be convinced he’s clean.
There is an issue here. Under the current rules, it won’t be announced if he tests positive. Which I suppose means that when he gets the results he’ll announce the negative results himself. Baseball has done itself no favors by leaving this issue unaddressed for so long, but even after a few years, when the current program has a track record, the public will still know that the tests can be gamed. And they won’t trust the results when they think they know better by what they see with their unaided eyes.
I think that’s too bad, and yet I can’t say I blame the public. But if that’s the way you think I don’t see why you would remain a sports fan.