Suspicious Minds!

It makes me angry that I even have to address this question. But since some of my readers are asking than I will go ahead and weigh in on the issue. So here is the question that is being thrown at me over the last week or so: Do you think Albert Pujols is clean?

The reason that this question is being posed, is that Albert Pujols has hit 30 home runs as of July 1st. Barring injury or catastrophe, that puts Pujols on pace for 62 home runs. If he hits 62 home runs he will break Roger Maris's record of 61, which baseball purists still see as the real home run record. But we all know it is not the home run record because Mark Mcgwire hit 70 in a year and Barry Bonds hit 73 in a different season, and here is the kicker neither of them EVER tested positive for steroids. Did they take steroids? I don't know but I think so.

Now back to Albert Pujols. He is playing in an era where they test for steroids, and he has passed every test. I think that if he hits 62 this year a big deal should be made about it because that is a major accomplishment, but I am not willing to stick my neck out and say that any player is clean in this era of baseball. I mean just a few short years ago we were all hoping that A-Rod broke the all time home run record so that it would be "clean" again. I like Albert Pujols, even though he is a St Louis Cardinal but whether he is clean or not is not for me to say. All I can do is believe the tests, and he apparently hasn't failed any.

I wish continued success for Pujols and the Ken Griffey Jr., who is another player I want to believe is clean. I also hope, for baseball's sake, that neither of them have ever or will ever test positive for steroids. I and I also hate that I have to talk about this. Live like no one is watching and be positive, just don't test positive!