SHOCKER!

From ESPN.COM...

A new book proposal, submitted by the admittedly estranged brother of Mark McGwire, claims the former major league slugger used both steroids and human growth hormone during his career.

In the proposal, first reported Wednesday on Deadspin.com, Jay McGwire alleges that Mark used Deca-Durabolin and that he introduced Mark to performance-enhancing drugs in 1994.

Didn't we already know this? Wasn't the fact that he took the 5th in front the Senate about steroids three years ago, along with the fact that he tripled in size, confirmation that Mark McGwire did steroids. Isn't the fact that just about no one has voted for him to be in the Hall Of Fame, pretty much confirmation that everyone already knows?

In retrospect, it seems though like either we need to crucify everybody or nobody. Steroid use was SO rampant, that it seems odd to me to just punish the people who had the most success (Clemens, McGwire, Bonds). Don't get me wrong, I think the fact that everyone in baseball was on steroids is deplorable, but it seems odd to single some of the guys out rather than the others. But just because Andy Petitte admitted it, and just because Jason Giambi didn't break any records, doesn't mean that they're to be held to any different standard today.

I love how we in this country pick and choose our moral high grounds. We condemn baseball players for taking drugs to hit longer home runs and throw faster pitches, but we continue to watch TV shows and buy magazines that chase celebrities and do their best to ruin lives.