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If casual fans can get over their anger that Alex Rodriguez somehow violated the sanctity of America's Pastime, they'll realize just how absurd it is that the Major League Baseball Players Association is not under more fire for having these 2003 test results released in the first place. Or, check that. "These" was a bad word choice in that sentence because I should have said, "this." A-Rod was singled out. There are 103 others who tested positive, and none of them are having to deal with the outrage of those who are choosing to overreact to the situation.
Please realize I'm not exonerating Rodriguez in the situation. I'm saying that the Union, for their part, needs to be taken to task for several miscues in this entire saga. First of all, the tests in 2003 were supposed to be confidential. It's easy for fans to cry foul, label him "A-Roid," call him a cheater and scream from the mountaintops that they've never cheated in their life. To those, I say: If you are the patron saint of baseball, maybe you should find a new line of work.
Can you imagine if confidential files in your workplace were released to the public? What would happen? It's conceivable that A-Rod could sue the Union for defamation of character, considering confidential information was somehow leaked and that he was singled out.
The next issue was that the Union didn't destroy the test results immediately. Reports first surfaced that the Union didn't destroy the results because they were desperately trying to claim many of the tests were false positives -- in an effort to prevent the implementation of mandatory testing. In response to this, the Union offered a three-page statement where they accepted absolutely zero blame for anything. They also deny the allegation that Gene Orza was tipping off players before they were tested.
The Union didn't mention any of the allegations that it was ultimately their fault A-Rod's name -- and his name only -- was released for a Sports Illustrated story. They also fail to mention the fruitless efforts of Orza to prevent the testing system from being put in place by baseball.
No surprise here, as the union is nothing if not unaccountable.
Hat-Tip: Rob Neyer
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