http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2005/05/01/selig_seeks_tougher_steroid_rules?mode=PF

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Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig has proposed a "three strikes and you're out" policy to punish steroid users, and has asked the head of the players' union, Donald Fehr, for his support in implementing penalties that call for a minimum 50-game suspension for a first offense, 100 games for a second, and a permanent ban for any player failing three tests.

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Because Raffy had already tested positive when this statement was made.


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I don't think the fault here lies with MLB or the owners.

The players union wouldn't have agreed (and still might not) to something this stringent until a high profile player like Raffy was busted. Even now, the union is going to claim that steroid use is much less common due to the current policy. Watch the weasling in real-time!

Selig sucks and is a horrible commissioner, but eternal scumbag Don Fehr and the union are about a million times worse.

Baseball should probably just get a team owner and name him the commish. That would be better.