Steroids in Baseball

Just heard on the radio that Manny Ramirez is about to pass Mickey Mantle in career homeruns. The announcer said Manny is "quite a hitter."

Often, I hear people in the media blasting steriod users when the news first comes out and then talking about how this generation of baseball watchers don't really care about steroids, and only those in the media really care (that comes directly from a recent PTI). In the same breath, they will then say things like "regardless of [fill in the blank]'s steroid use, he is still an amazing athlete and few could achieve what he did."

Please, pick a side! Because of the steroid use, we really don't know if Manny could have hit all those homers. Maybe, maybe not. But he was using a performance enhancing drug, which means his performance was enhanced. That includes HRs. So please, enough with the "I care about steroid use..." I honestly don't think many people do (those that we hear from, those in the media), so just come out and say it!