For some reason the "MLB Network" has decided to show each bat of Manny Ramirez as he prepares to come back from his 50 game suspension for the illegal use of steroids. When Manny was suspended Major League Baseball attempted to send a message to the world that steroids just won't be tolerated. And for the last five weeks we haven't had to hear anything from or about the cheater.
But, now the satellite channel is almost giddy in it's coverage of Ramirez as he plays for the Albuquerque Isotopes. What kind of message does this send? Well for starters it makes a mockery of professional baseball's steroid and drug policy. It also sends the message that baseball can't live without the cheater. By showing these at bats in rehab games MLB (which owns the MLB Network) is talking out of both sides of it's mouth. If baseball were really serious it would ban Ramirez from minor league rehab games until the full 50 game suspension has been served.
Ultimately the responsibility for this goes back to commissioner Bud Selig. As I've written previously a monkey flipping a coin would make more good decisions than Selig and his misinformed cronies.
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