ARod Steroid Case- Punish the wrong man, Again

There is this inevitable sense that baseball will hand down a lifetime ban against Alex Rodriguez- a player who has not tested positive for PED's in the MLB program. Now imagine this is true and it is based on something said, or proven by the drug dealer who operated Bio-Genesis.  Now this is an action to take away a man's livelihood, wipe out a contract worth $100m.  It would be done on the basis of Baseball acting as investigator, prosecutor, and judge.
This would be a good thing in the old Soviet Union, it would be a good day for the Mafia. It is not a good day for Baseball because...it punishes the wrong man for the wrong thing.

PED's have become a favorite in the press - they call it cheating.  As if the home runs were hit by the pills or the chemicals rather than the human being. As if the pills make you swing at the right time to make a round bat go square against a round ball- that is some goddamn pill eh? A pill that can do that should be legal-- we can all be baseball stars!
So here is the embarrassing question to ask DON Selig- do you have any friggin idea what you are doing?  Why would you ban someone for life without proof they did anything-- do you seriously think a private company like baseball can go on the untested word of a criminal under duress?
well even if you do Don Selig you should not-- it deprives citizens of due process- the basic right to confront the accuser and tear him apart on a witness stand-- because a drug dealer who has lied to everyone for years-- is not a reliable witness for anything.
Last- because sports fans have short attention spans- was ARod trying to cheat even if he did these things?  What was the intent-- it appears he was a man with a worn out hip. One who was trying desperately to heal himself.  A man who knows the God given talent to do what he does  does not come from a needle- even i the hands of an accomplished liar like the Bio Genesis man-- didn't I see him on TV denying all of this-- I think I did...I think we all did..
If you want to punish someone, punish the drug dealers severely. Some reasonable suspension is appropriate- a lifetime ban well that would be good for murder-- but trying to heal and injury-- hmmm.  Try to send the dealers to jail where they belong.  Confiscating income from athletes is a poor way to teach the world that steroids don't make you better, and that young people risk their health by taking them.  Punishing the athlete confirms the drugs do work, and everyone who wants to be better- should think about getting some . Ahh Don Selig, you have shown once again you are a very small man in a very big job.