"I hope he throws Rodriguez out for life."

" 'I hope he throws Rodriguez out for life,' former commissioner Fay Vincent told USA TODAY Sports. Vincent was the deputy commissioner when Rose was banned and commissioner from 1989-92.

'There are a lot of similarities between this and Rose. They were very delusional. They lied. They misbehaved,' he said.

'Baseball has to stand for things. It just can't have these drugs. If chemists win, baseball is finished. Otherwise, we'd have the Yankees and Red Sox buying up chemistry departments and not caring about who is pitching.

'Baseball really is going to have to ratchet the deterrent, and make it one-and-done, because anybody who says the (drug) testing is working is crazy. It's not working. You use these performance-enhancing drugs just once, you should be banned for life.' ''

1) If baseball seriously wants a lifetime ban, then go back to the CBA. 

Good luck getting it, but if that's what you propose, it should at least be on a going-forward basis.

Whatever your idea of "fairness" is, I damn sure know it's unfair to retroactively impose a penalty.


2) If ARod goes, then everyone goes.  That's what "one and done" means.

Hundreds of current contracts cancelled.

I must admit, it would almost be worth it if meant David Ortiz would finally be suspended for something.


3) The backlash to the backlash is not based on a delusional belief that ARod is innocent.

Instead, it's an observation that ARod is being singled out by Selig while Selig signs McGwire's paycheck every two weeks. That's simply not fair. When Selig starts wielding his considerable power unfairly, he should get called on it.


4) Pete Rose should be reinstated and put into the HOF tomorrow, alright?

Stop using one unfair punishment as justification for another unfair punishment.