Cameron to return: everyone can rest easy now

I read an article on ESPN.com discussing Mike Cameron's return to baseball after his 25-game suspension. In this article, it discussed the long road that Cameron has had to battle back from in terms of rebuilding his reputation and getting back to the big leagues. It literally waxes poetic about the life he has been "forced" to live and laments his absence--in a way.

I am not saying the ESPN is pardoning what Cameron did to be suspended--his second offense of a banned substance--but it really doesn't make him out to be someone who really did all that wrong, either. And after the damaging Mitchell Report still fresh in our mind, what type of article does this really show as a society as to what we've learned from what athletes have done to bastardize this sport? I mean, there are some things that can literally be a death sentence to some things and programs overall, but even with so many big names like Clemens and McGwire and Sosa and Bonds and what not still having that cloud of doubt as to what they as athletes really accomplished in baseball, why even remotely go this route in terms of covering Cameron's return as a "prodigal" type of issue.

I'm also not saying that what Cameron did was remotely connected to the levels that those big names "allegedly" did, but the fact is that he did something wrong--and he's been punished. Let the man be what he is-a baseball player--and earn our trust back and love for him as a person and ballplayer--don't sensationalize or patronize what this stands for; it's this type of mentality and overall indifference to a very large problem in baseball that cannot be ignored.

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