QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 13, 2005 -> 05:49 PM)
Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Alex Sanchez the first person to be suspended for violating MLB's steroid policy, was released today despite the fact that he was hitting .346 on the season.
This, IMHO, is the true test of the "Teeth" of the steroid policy. The idea behind the policy was that once a person was suspended, everyone would know he was juicing and no one would want to take the risk of signing him.
Sanchez was the first person suspended. He was hitting well this season. Now he's been released. If the policy is working...it seems to me that people should not want to sign him. If it is failing, then he'll be with someone else as soon as he can be.
And no, I don't want him on the Sox, in case anyone was thinking of asking.
He has played well what the hell else they have in TB