Here we are a few weeks away from the beginning of MLB spring training and a mere nine weeks away from opening day, and there is still a grey cloud lingering over the entire sport. On the heels of the news a few weeks ago that Mark McGwire admitted to using steroids, a question comes to mind: Why, after George Mitchell completed his report for congress on players that failed drug tests before 2004, are the names still being kept a secret? Not sure how everyone else feels but exactly what is major league baseball doing? Having players like Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez, Andy Pettitte, and David Ortiz’s names leak out simply makes that grey cloud darker with nothing but thunder, lightning and heavy rain on the horizon. This just proves that no one is innocent and even the biggest and most popular names in the game are by no means clean.What Bud Selig needs to do is simply tell Senator Mitchell off and demand that all the names come out. The whole steroid scandal has already become a bigger problem than needed. Baseball and Selig can save face by releasing the other 100 names. Especially with middle of the road relievers like Jason Grimsley on there, what does baseball have to lose? All of them would apologize, admit they were wrong and this whole issue would be over and done with. Imagine if fifteen years down the road, we the fans learned that Albert Pujols, Ken Griffey Jr., Derek Jeter, Roy Halladay, Johan Santana, and other big names all were found to have used either performance enhancing drugs or steroids while they played in the years prior to 2004. It would crush the dominance that defined their careers, tarnish what they meant to baseball, both on and off the field, and ruin their numerous milestones.Look at it now. Sure, at a point in time, everyone was deeply annoyed and betrayed when Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, and Andy Pettitte’s names came out. But all of them except for Manny (surprised?) gave a heart filled and sincere apology. In a country that loves giving people second chances, people and fans have forgiven them almost like it never happened. Also, by releasing the names, this would shut up the legends that played in the ‘70s and ‘80s. They could all get their “this is disgraceful to the sport” nonsense out of the way and be never heard from again. After all, based on everyone’s “guilty until proven innocent” theory, how many of them were actually clean? How stupid would Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins look if say 100 of his 284 career wins were won because of PED’s? He would look really hypocritical for bashing Mark McGwire if he actually used PED’s.Regardless of how fans feel about the steroid issue and having the names released, this entire garbage that is holding baseball a distant second from the the other major sports leagues needs to conclude. Baseball is America’s pastime for a reason and is really the only sport where something can happen once and once only at any given moment in any given day. Please, Mr. Selig, do the right thing and release all the names so baseball can get back to the fantastic and wonderful game that it once was.