David Ortiz Talks About Recovery and Steroids

David Ortiz told the AP that his surgery went well and he should be up to full speed by January (I wouldn't count on him breaking any world records.) Big Papi also told the AP that the performance enhancing drug issue has been blown out of proportion . This is the second time he has publicly declared problems with the way baseball is going after steroid offenders. He was involved in a controversy in May when he said he may have unknowingly taken steroids in the Dominican Republic when he was younger and he has publicly defended Barry Bonds. "It's like they've placed that issue on the same level as (the war in) Iraq," Ortiz said. "It doesn't make sense to hear people talk more about whether Barry Bonds used steroids than about people dying in Iraq." Ortiz does make a point but it is still an important issue that has been ignored by MLB for too long.