Selig's expression says it all

Saturday night when Barry Bonds hit his 755th homerun and tied Hank Aaron as the all time home run king, the cameras focused on the commissioner of the MLB, Bud Selig. While Bonds rounded the bases, Selig had a blank expression on his face. Not only did he look confused, but somebody in front of him had to motion for him to stand up. Over the last few weeks Selig has been in a catch-22 regarding whether or not to support Barry Bonds while he chased history. He made the decision to attend most of the Giants games lately. As much as I can't stand Barry Bonds and the fact that this record should have an asterisk next to it, I am angered that Bud Selig didnt at least clap a little bit or show some kind of acknowledgement towards Bonds achievement. After all, the pitcher who gave up the 755th homer to Bonds, was Clay Hensley who had tested positive for steroids in the minor leagues. What if Hensley had somehow thrown a no hitter or a perfect game on this day? Obviously the odds are slim to none, but I can almost guarentee that Selig would be clapping after the achievement. In this day of age it is hard to tell who has juiced and who hasnt. The outspoken Curt Schilling claims that during the Diamondbacks 2001 World Series run he couldnt even pat his teammates on the behind due to the bruises of where the steroids were injected. So even though it is obvious that Barry Bonds took steroids, nobody can be sure of how many pitchers who gave up these homers to Bonds weren't juicing themselves. Everytime I see Bud Selig, it pisses me off to see how clueless the guy is on all occasions. In the past year or so, Selig said that he would embrace the chasing of the home run record. However, for the guy to sit there and then stand up and put his hands in his pockets, just shows how insecure of a person he is. He bases his actions off of others opinions and I think it is time for him to step down as the commissioner of the MLB. Don't show up to Bond's games if you arent going to show any signs of emotion. Selig should be ashamed of himself for a lot more than this. He is the reason that all these steroid problems started in the first place. He didnt realize that something was fishy when McGwire and Sosa had their monumental home run chase in 98? When guys hit 70 and 66 homers out of nowhere isnt there somewhere inside of you where you question the integrity of how those homers were hit? Selig only decided to do something after Jose Canseco went on 60 minutes and told the world of the problems with steroids in the majors over the past 15 plus years. Selig however did not do this on his own, it took a couple angry senators who saw that 60 minutes episode to start pushing Selig to help get investigations started. Selig is so pathetic because this investigation is really leading down a dead end. This generation of ball players will always be marked as the steroid era. Who knows what people will think 50-100 years from now when they look back at this time. Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to reach 500 homeruns on Saturday. As of now, Arod is clean and it will be interesting to see if he can reach Bonds within the next decade. Unfortunately Jose Canseco claims that he has some dirt on Arod that will come out in his next book. Canseco called out many players in his first book, and his accusations must have all been true or else don't you think Canseco would be getting sued up the ass? I am intrigued by the future of baseball, and sports in general. Steroids are not the only form of cheating that has been going on. Tim Donaghy, an NBA official has been accused of fixing games to erase some debts. There is no doubt in my mind that this has gone on in the other professional sports as well. This is where the saying "ignorance is bliss" really has meaning. As a passionate sports fan I am doing everything in my power to ignore all this chaos and just go about watching sports as if nothing is wrong. However, as time goes on this is getting harder and I dont know what direction sports are heading. We are a greedy culture by nature, and this is evident in the multi million dollar contracts that these athletes get for playing a simple game. Those big contracts have led players to start juicing. That little extra power can turn a flyout into a homerun. A minor league player who is struggling to make it to the majors without taking performance enhancing drugs might decide to start juicing in order to fulfill his dream. The way I see it, if players want to hurt their bodies for my own entertainment, then so be it. There has to be justice in the sense of everybody has to be on fair playing ground. If one person is taking steroids then everybody should be taking them. However, this is not fair for players who have no interest in taking the harmful drugs, and it is especially not right when going to the record books of players from past generations. Then again we have no proof that players from the past have not taken some kind of drugs to enhance their performance. Former Phillies start Mike Scmidt admitted to taking emphedamines. He played back in the 1970s and 1980s. Sports are the most culturally diverse activity besides the army, and people from all over the world are entertained by them on a daily basis. The only thing we can do as fans is continue to be passionate about our teams and just hope that everything is running smoothly.