Manny Returns

Manny Ramirez of the Los Angeles Dodgers has returned to action after being suspended for 50 games for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. He was suspended on May 7, about two months ago, to the shock and dismay of people and fans all over the country. Ramirez did not provide a big bang in his return game today against the San Diego Padres. He went 0 for 3 with a walk and he was taken out in the sixth inning by manager Joe Torre. Ramirez has been getting ready for big league action by playing minor league games for about a week.

It was incredible the response Ramirez got in his first game back. The Dodgers played in San Diego against the Padres, and there were cheers coming from the crowd when he was announced before his first at-bat. Those cheers came from Dodgers fans, who traveled from Los Angeles to see Ramirez's return. Alex Rodriguez, who admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs, got boos in his return from his hip injury, but got cheers from the home crowd in his first home game.

I think performance-enhancing drugs has taken on a life of its own. This will go down as the steroid era, and a lot of people are disappointed with the famous steroid users and suspected steroid users like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. I don't condone taking these drugs to enhance your performance, but I think their performances has done good to the sport of baseball. The fact that Congress always seem to be jumping at the opportunity to hold congressional meetings on steroid use in sports. They need to worry about the economic state in the country right now, where unemployment has reached over nine percent. This is where Congress goes wrong. They worry about people making millions, but not people who are barely able to survive.