by RNorrisFaulkner

Created on: January 02, 2008   Last Updated: November 23, 2009

There is a great deal of scrutiny surrounding two of baseball's biggest stars. But suspicion alone is not enough to label or convict them as guilty. Although legally they are innocent until proven guilty, in our society, they're guilty until proven innocent in a court of law or otherwise. But in this case, if found innocent, Barry and Roger will remain guilty in the minds of many in the court of public opinion.

Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens stars shined brightest on the national stage...after they were supposed to have peaked years before. How come? These two great players stand accused of using performance enhancing drugs. If they did, why? They were always going to be apart of the age old debate who was the 'greatest ever'. Not now. But they will never be forgotten. It's those imperfect moments they are accused of behind the scenes they'll be remembered for most. If true, it's those imperfect moments in part that are responsible for many of their greatest performances and career accomplishments. And because there is testimony and mounting evidence against them, they will forever be the face of the steroids era...right or wrong. They are the new baseball model for ridicule and scandal.

These two would be legends were doing what other greats hadn't done or could not do. They went places that The Babe, The Say Hey Kid, Gibby and The Professor couldn't go: put up consistent great numbers in their late 30's and early 40's. But even world class athletes slow down.

How come they were still better than everybody else as they advanced in age? Testimony and the reports say shortcut, as in drug abuse, you know, the needle. Barry and Roger say modern training methods, proper diet and modern equipment. Who's fibbing? Whom are we to believe? Do we believe the man that conducted the investigation, who by the way is highly respected even by some he named in the report? Do we believe Barry? How about Roger? Neither is willing to say what many folk believe. Besides that, mounting evidence proves if nothing else, there was some wrong-doing somewhere, even if they are found innocent.

Still the question must be asked, how did they put up those numbers way past their peak? Ain't everybody dieting and using the same training methods and equipment? Seems like the younger ball players should be doing even more than they are doing. Just wondering.

Many say all of the evidence is hearsay. Might be. But here is evidence that is time tested and proven: every great baseball player before

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