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From: tonti@ptsfc.UUCP (Guy Tonti)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Mex and Drugs and Base'n Ball
Message-ID: <541@ptsfc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Mar-86 23:46:36 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  4 23:46:36 1986
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Summary: No accounting for future offenders

In article <434@3comvax.UUCP>, mykes@3comvax.UUCP (Mike Schwartz) writes:
> 
> I think Ubberoth has
> done a tremendously good thing for baseball and our country by his punitive
> actions toward the "admitted" druggies.  You can talk about society all you
> want, but the bottom line is that drugs are ILLEGAL and not only did those
> players violate the by-laws of Major League Baseball, but they violated the
> by-laws of the United States.
>
My only disagreement with Mr. Uberoth's decision was his not setting a
precedent for the next time offender.  What will happen to this ballplayer,
especially the one who comes forward with his problem to get help?  It seems
to me that this grey area is one that if I was a major leaguer (or an owner)
I'd want answered.  Baseball got burned too long with a non-communicative
commissioner to sit back and let another I-can-do-no-wrong-type make
dictatorial decisions.

Guy Tonti

"Hank Aaron was ruthless!"