THE OTHER SHOE DROPS

So Jason Giambi used steroids-including human growth hormone-for at least three seasons. He injected them into his butt, among other places. This really isn't so much a revelation as a confirmation. Of course Giambi has been suspected of being juiced, and now he's suffering from ill health (parasites, thyroid problems, tumors) that are consistent with steroid use. He got the drugs from Barry Bonds' trainer.

Is Bonds on them? There's been no confirmation yet, but the guy went from being a great player to a legend. He's going to break the all time home run record next year. He's a 7 time MVP. He's probably one of the 5 greatest players of all time.

Do baseball fans really care? They should. Essentially, the history of the sport is being destroyed, records broken by players who are cheating, and few sports are as concerned with the past as baseball. To toss this away for the sake of money-which is the real reason for the 'roids-is pathetic.

Fans should boycott the sport, but of course they won't. The Mcguire/Sosa homerun race was great for baseball, and there's little doubt it was "performance enhanced." The players' union is arguably the strongest union in the country, and until they agree to a real drug testing program, nothing will change. It's going to take a player becoming seriously ill, admitting to steroid use, and rallying the union for the sake of players' health.

Look what's happened in pro wrestling-how many wrestlers have died young in the last two decades? Is money really worth shrunken testicles, cancer, premature death? Apparently it is, for now.

Every sports fan should be disgusted. Pete Rose bet on baseball, and it got him banned. These guys are betting with their lives, to make more money that ultimately comes out of the fans' pockets, and the league isn't doing a thing.

Again, pathetic.