Michael Bradley, writing for the National Sports Journalism Center site, says the media has to keep up the pressure on this issue. There are more Ryan Brauns out there.

Bradley writes:

As a result, the media can’t afford to succumb to the prevailing thought that fans are tired of hearing about steroids, HGH and simply neglect the issue. It remains a huge part of baseball, and Monday’s news proves it. If Major League Baseball decides to come down hard on more P.E.D. users in the coming weeks, it proves that players have not lost their appetite for banned substances. All it means is that they are trying harder to find things that can avoid detection. And it’s up to the media to make sure fans understand that they are paying a lot of money to watch people perform who might well be cheating.

Later, Bradley writes:

Here’s where the media must remain vigilant – in regard to Braun and everybody else in professional sports. No matter how desensitized the fans are to the continued P.E.D. drumbeat, the culture that continues to prevail must be exposed. It’s unfortunate that young fans can’t adore their heroes anymore. It used to be that it was tough to develop a bond with a player because he could leave your town as soon as his contract was up. That was a necessary evil to protect the labor force against ownership’s desires to squelch costs. But this puts even the most loyal player into question. Is his big season the product of a maturation of talent or the result of laboratory experiments that have produced a faster swing?

Amen, to that.