Selig: No Changes to the MLB Record Book

[sahyder1]

Selig: No Changes to the MLB Record Book

PHOENIX - Commissioner Bud Selig said Sunday that no records will be taken away from players suspected of steroid use.

"That would be unfair to do that," said before a game between the Oakland Athletics (news) and Los Angeles Angels. "In fairness to those players, no one has been convicted of anything. And we can't turn history back.

"My job is to protect the integrity of the game. Each era, each decade has had situations where people said there were unfair advantages."

Also Sunday, Rep. Tom Davis confirmed reports that the House Government Reform Committee (news - web sites) is prepared to subpoena players and officials who turn down invitations to appear at a March 17 hearing on baseball's steroids policy.

Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro, Frank Thomas, Selig and union head Donald Fehr are among those who have been invited, along with baseball executive vice president Sandy Alderson and San Diego general manager Kevin Towers.

"We'll use the subpoena to get them there if that's what we have to do," Davis, the committee chairman, told CBS News.

[Cactus Drags]

Wow, he did something right.

The end of that article is a bit odd though. Not really an invitation if you're going to force them to attend anyway, is it?

[sahyder1]

The end of that article is a bit odd though. Not really an invitation if you're going to force them to attend anyway, is it?

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[Heel Turn]

They might not be taking away records, but there'd damn well better be asterisks.

[Cactus Drags]

What saying? "This guy may/may not have been using drugs at the time of recording this stat?" Couldn't that be taken as libel/slander in the States?

[Guest Brady_3for3]

Even if there comes 100% proof, you can't do anything to the books. How do we know which HRs were steroid aided or not? You can't. Even when Barry Bonds passes Hank Aaron with #756, nobody will recognize him as being legit. People will look at 1988-2002 as the steroid era as they look at times such as the dead ball era

[sahyder1]

What saying? "This guy may/may not have been using drugs at the time of recording this stat?" Couldn't that be taken as libel/slander in the States?

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