Mediates who speculate about steroid use or extensive cheating by Sosa -- or anyone else -- without knowing are replacing knowledgable opinion for speculation, and this week, before bats had been tested or we had any answers, we were besieged with speculation whose shrapnel badly wounded Sosa when he had been ejected for cheating as many times as Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry. There's no proof that Sammy has been an habitual cheater, and until there is, that's the end of this story.
Sammy Sosa is going into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, and when he does, he will be remembered not for a serious mistake in judgement, but for all he did for the game he loves and the fans who love him.