Paul Byrd did nothing wrong, and the media should be ashamed

Guess what!

From 2002-2005, Paul Byrd took HGH, or Human Growth Hormone.

Guess what!

It wasn't a banned substance!

The news today has been full of reports that Byrd took HGH, and that his reputation has taken a hit. Well, gee, the only reason why his reputation has taken a hit is because the media is turning a non-story into a story. They keep detailing all these deliveries of HGH he got, and how much he paid for it... and don't emphasize that he was buying htis stuff openly - having it sent to the god-damned clubhouse! - because IT WAS NOT A BANNED SUBSTANCE when he was taking it. Indeed, it was prescribed to him.

The coverage on this has just been ridiculous.

I have to admit I haven't been following the steroid controversy, and I suppose I was very naive when I assumed that all the comments about these athletes taking steroids occurred AFTER steroids were banned.

But if they were taking HGH, and steroids, and other items, that were NOT BANNED at the time, then there is no damn story!

I apology for the R-ratedness of this post, but I am just furious right now.

Rafael Palmeiro is a different story - he swore he never took steroids, and then within a week tested positive - and he tested positive when steroids were banned.

Barry Bonds, he's been swearing all along he never took steroids - at least never knowingly... so if he's proved to be a liar - well, he's a liar, but that doesn't make him a cheater if he stopped doing it AFTER the substances were banned.

I really don't like the way baseball players have taken the defensive stance on this - if you used HGH or some other substance before it was banned, (especially if it was a doctor's prescription) say so and tell the media to go to hell. That's pretty much what Byrd did, and that's what every player - in the right - should have done.