Deja Vu: Why Names Should Be Revealed

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With today’s developments revealing that both David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez tested positive for steroids in 2003, I felt the need to re-post an edited version of an article that was originally posted back in May.

Looking back on my days as a recruiter who specialized in placing candidates in the accounting field, I will always remember one candidate’s quote that “the numbers tell a story” and regardless of what you are being told the “numbers do not lie.”
 
With that said,
•47 players were named in the Mitchell Report
•16 players admitting to use of steroids and/or HGH
•32 players have been implicated for the use of steroids
•25 players (and counting) have been suspended by Major League Baseball

The numbers pertaining to the oft discussed “Steroid Era” are staggering, but none cast more of a black cloud over the game right now more than the number not listed above—and that number is 104.
 
One hundred and four players tested positive for steroids and/or other banned performance enhancing drugs in 2003. The test guaranteed the anonymity of all who tested positive.
 
If you were to browse the Internet you would find countless articles calling for action on behalf of Major League Baseball to release the names of all 104 players. 

Each has their own agenda. Some are purists that do not like to see longstanding records broken by “cheaters”, some believe a player on their favorite team’s arch rival may be guilty, and others simply want to see all “cheaters” exposed as frauds.
 
I agree that it is time for the names to be revealed and have only one agenda for believing so—It would be good for baseball!!
 
Until today only one player of the 104, Alex Rodriguez, has been made public. This is a huge problem. It is not a problem because I am a fan of Alex, its because I am not. 

Now with Ortiz and Ramirez named, the problem grows, further illustrating the need for closure.

The problem for Major League Baseball are the players who didn’t cheat and are guilty by association and the fans who truly want to move past this dark era and enjoy the game they love so much.

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