I would first like to thank all of you for your well thought out comments. Obviously the topic of steroids and HGH, as well as players admitting or denying such use gets our blood flowing. So with that said, it's time to answer some of these comments...

Tukeen, you brought up some very good points. I agree that using HGH in order to heal faster is cheating, as injuries are part of the game. Therefore, there is no doubt that what Andy Pettitte did was cheating, whether it was only twice as he said, or more than that. Any player who has used performance-enhancing drugs has cheated. With that said, expecting someone to come clean before they are caught, well that's just being unrealistic. No matter how good of a person you are, you're not going to admit to about something like this if you think you can get away with it, especially when you know so many of your peers are doing the same thing. Does that make it right? No, but again, we have to be realistic.

As for this being a race issue, I disagree. The media, fans, and government have gone after Barry Bonds with such zeal for a variety of reasons. One is that his use of performance-enhancing drugs was obvious to the naked eye. Second, he has apparently lied to a grand jury which is a federal offense. And third, unlike Clemens or any of the other players mentioned, Bonds was chasing the most storied record in baseball and maybe all of sports, and it just so happened to be held by one of the most respected athletes in our nation's history.

Blue@orange, you're right about the "If," in Pettitte's statement. When you're apologizing for something, you're doing so for a reason...because you did something wrong! Any time you have to inject yourself with a needle without the supervision of a doctor, unless you're a diabetic, you know you're doing something wrong. When I said I give credit to Pettitte for coming clean, I meant that I applaud him for admitting to using. Do I agree with everything that he said or how he phrased it in his apology? Absolutely not, but I do think he made the right move by acknowledging his use.

Lifelongbaseballfan, I agree. As I said above, no matter if the drugs were banned or not banned by baseball, using them was wrong, and in turn, cheating. Also, this report, like you said, is not about how many Yankees were named vs. how many Red Sox were. For those who question why there were so few Red Sox mentioned are not looking at the obvious, and that is that the main sources for Senator Mitchell were former employees of both the Yankees and Mets. Also, as Mitchell said, this is a problem that spreads to all 30 teams, it's just that he didn't have sources in all those different teams. Stop making this a Red Sox-Yankees thing, it's foolish and immature.

Corzo14, you asked what do New York fans think about Rodney Harrison since he said he used HGH to recover from injuries just like Pettitte did? Well, I can't speak for New York fans, but I can say this: Rodney Harrison has always been known as a very good teammate, but also as dirty player for the majority of his career. And when I say dirty, I mean with regards to late hits and stuff like that. Pettitte, on the other hand, has also been known as a good teammate, but also as a stand-up guy. So when Harrison said he used HGH to recover from injuries, I think it raised more doubts, whereas Pettitte's admission agreed with what Brian McNamee said in the Mitchell Report, and therefore coincided with his reputation. With that said, both players were wrong for what they did, and will have to live with the repercussions from here on out.

Thanks again for all of your comments, and please keep them coming. Happy Holidays!