Okay, so it brings us to the conclusion that we may be able to prove that Barry took steroids knowingly. Compare this to our current level of information: according to Game of Shadows we know that Barry admitted to taking a substance that he did not think was steroids… which turned out to be, in fact, steroids.

I did think about letting this story slide, and maybe stick to blogging about just how super-awesome the WSU Cougars are, but considering it was on the front page of the New York Times, I felt I needed to step in and say, well, just this one thing: this means nothing to those with a shred of common sense.

I’m sorry, but if you are a rational person, with common sense to boot, the fact that Barry admitted to taking a substance that he did not think was steroids… which turned out to be, in fact, steroids was enough to make the conclusion that Barry was taking steroids. For those of us, people who knew very well from the evidence that the homerun king took ‘roids, does this really change anything? Personally, for me, it does not. Common sense was all I needed to connect the dots. Sure a failed drug test and maybe some additional testimony won’t hurt, but the biggest “scandal” in baseball since Pete Rose is almost a non-story for me. We’ve been sitting on these facts for years, debating them. All this does is change the debate.

So if it is true, that Barry knowingly took steroids, then we get to instantly discredit his body of work and label him a “cheater”, right? Well, maybe not. We still have naysayers who are going to want to know who else. Who else was on the juice, because until we have a full picture of just how bad the problem is, we have no idea if Barry is the embodiment of cheating and everything evil in our national pastime… or if he is just another fish in the pond. Does it change the outcome if we find out that 90% of the league was juicing? How about if we find out that Barry and the cheaters made up only 1% of ballplayers during those years?

If you ask me, all this indictment is out to prove is that Barry is a liar, and a douchebag. Two things I think were pretty well known… as was his steroid use.