The Issue: Steps taken by Major League Baseball to combat the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
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Ballplayers break the law and get suspended without pay (“The Good Weiner,” Editorial, July 27).
Politicians break the law and get to resign with pensions.
Remind me: What’s the law for?Tom Kay
Somerset, NJ
I agree with The Post’s editorial about Michael Weiner, head of the players union. He has done the honorable thing by opposing steroid use.
One inescapable result of the steroid crackdown has been the return of competition between hitter and pitcher. Note how strikeouts have increased and runs scored decreased.
No longer do we see dozens of players with balloon heads and gargantuan shoulders winning Most Valuable Player and other awards.
I am of the Willie Mays era, when talent, not chemical concoctions and hormone corruption, determined results.
Baseball is and always will be the national pastime as long as talent determines success. Let’s hope that fans can again sing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” with the expectation of an honest effort by great athletes.
Anthony Spinelli
Manhattan
Ryan Braun got suspended for the rest of the season. I’m sure he’s crying his eyes out on his yacht right now.
Why doesn’t Major League Baseball put a clause in the players contract stating that if they are caught cheating, they forfeit all of their earnings?
I pay $30 just to park at a game, and the prices at the concession stands are through the roof.
The press backs up all of this suspension hype. I will never attend a game again.
Patrick Carroll
Bellerose
Considering how much time Alex Rodriguez and Anthony Weiner spend explaining themselves, maybe they should form their own public-relations firm.
Considering where their careers are going, they would not be known as “spin doctors” but morticians.
John Brindisi
Manhattan