Selig Finally Takes a Stand

Selig's stand is entirely for show. By suggesting a penalty that he knows the union will never agree to, he gets to claim he was for tougher penalties. The union won't agree to amend their CBA further until it's determined whether the current changes have the desired effect, and are unlikely to recommend a penalty which would be stronger than the NFL's (50 is more than 1/4 of the season - which is the NFL's penalty of 4 games), and would effectively cull their membership by banning 3rd strike offenders.
Right, but the MLBPA cannot flat out reject the offer because of how the public will perceive it. The high number will almost certainly be nogotiated, probably to half. I agree that Selig is a goon, but atleast he did something.

Not to change the subject but what do you guys think of these stories about Lenny Dykstra using roids and betting on baseball??

Nails used to be one of my favorite players back in the day, I guess it wouldn't be shocking if he was on the juice, he really bulked up all of a sudden in one offseason and his power numbers really shot up.

Right, but the MLBPA cannot flat out reject the offer because of how the public will perceive it. The high number will almost certainly be nogotiated, probably to half. I agree that Selig is a goon, but atleast he did something.

In addition, if they dont accept a tougher penalty, congress will put a tougher penalty on them, so they are kinda stuck in that regard. One way or another, there is going to be a tough penalty for roids.

Not to change the subject but what do you guys think of these stories about Lenny Dykstra using roids and betting on baseball??

Nails used to be one of my favorite players back in the day, I guess it wouldn't be shocking if he was on the juice, he really bulked up all of a sudden in one offseason and his power numbers really shot up.

Being a Phillies fan... I always kinda suspected something was up when he had that one (and only one) monster year with the Phils.