Readers Respond: Should MLB Release The 2003 Names?

In 2003, Major League Baseball tested its players for performance-enhancing drugs for the first time, with the understanding that the results will remain anonymous. After 103 players tested positive, more rigorous testing was put in place, with consequences for positive tests.

Because the list was subpoenaed in the Barry Bonds perjury case, the list was seen by several people outside of baseball, and some of the names - such as Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz - have leaked out.

Should the players' union release all the names, to get the PED crisis behind it?

No

The MLB should not release anybody's name. The players know what they have done. The players have already taken their punishment for doing what they did.

—Guest robert

2003 names should come out

Yes, and respond to it with quickness. The problem is these players were cheats on the field and their records should not carry the weight of value as do the players stats who do not cheat.

—Guest david silverwood

Come clean

Playing fairly must be really counted in every situation. Cheaters really must be showed off for the sake of other players and to maintain the equality of the game.

—Guest Cyrene

It's time to put this in the past

Do we need to find out one by one, bringing this back into the forefront every few months, like some wart that won't go away? Or should the league finally make the move any public relations person worth their salt would do: Come clean. This is not a civil rights issue for the dirty players. They went into this believing it would be confidential, but so many of them cheated, and they knew they were cheating when they did it. The best disinfectant for dirty records is sunshine. Let's open it all up.

—SKBucket