A-Rod has taken the hit of public suspicion that more than a couple baseball players have taken steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. Today he openly confessed that he took such drugs during the 2001-2003 seasons. But …

If A-Rod really means business, he needs publicly to stand up and declare that the Player’s Union must support frequent and random drug-testing of all players. The only way to end the suspicion and clean up the players is for the Player’s Union to side with the fans. We want clean players and to put a stop to (what Dan Gutman once called) Baseball Babylon. A-Rod, stand up for the fans and announce that the Player’s Union must stop protecting the players.