Throughout this entire steroid-accused drama, the one man who remains atop the baseball legends with a clean record, yet who no one gives recognition to, is obviously the true homerun king and greatest of an era tainted, poisoned and injected with performance-enhancing supplements.

They are looked upon as baseball Gods. Earthly beings who obtain this gift from the Great Creator of smashing baseballs effortlessly hundreds of feet into nosebleed sections of stadiums.

However, the downfall to these immortal beasts has of recently been the infamous steroid HGH and other numerous performance-enhancing drugs that plagued the late 1980s, the 1990s and even the early century mark. Its effect has taken a toll on the entire generation of baseball as we know it. Now-a-days any player hitting over 40 homeruns in a single season is targeted for steroid speculation. Even more tragic is that usually, they're guilty.

We've seen a plethora of superstars fall victim as of late:

Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmero, Alex Rodriguez, Jose Canseco, and the most recent of a couple days ago...Mark McGwire.

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The thing that seems to be out of wack is the recognition for players who HAVE taken steroids as opposed to those who have not. It seems that all is shown on these sports networks and newspapers are these players who have illegally achieved success in Major League Baseball. What is being omitted is the players who have actually done the right thing on and off the baseball field as far as playing the game the right way; clean and straight away like the legends who laid the foundation.

The list of these admitted steroid users compiles of the game's greatest. However, there is one unique all-star that doesn't show up on this list. A player who at one time was considered the game's all-time best. From his 13-time MLB All-star selections, 10-time MLB Gold Glove Awards, 1997 MLB MVP Award, being a member of the MLB's All-Century team, to amazingly being in 5th place on the MLB's All-Time homerun list with 630 even after suffering three season-ending injuries in 2002, 2003, and 2004.

Yes, the man I speak of is none other than "The Kid," the man, the myth, the legend...Ken Griffey, Jr.

Griffey is undoubtedly the king of this steroid era. Think about it: All of the aforementioned have some sort of blemish on their historic soon-to-be hall-of-fame run. But for the most part, the biggest negative on Jr's record is that he suffered season-ending injuries that plagued a few years out of his career and forced him to take a back seat to these muscle-bound, needle injecting, pill popping medical freaks. But Griffey has always stayed true as far as examinations go. He's never tested positive for any illegal substances and remains atop baseball's best even with sitting out multiple years with injuries. Being 5th on the MLB's All-Time homerun list says wonders for a guy people wrote off as a has-been of Major League Baseball.

And yet, he still receives little praise, if any, for his accolades. People may say what they wish and even point fingers at the guy for not being as swift as he was when he first reigned in the league, but Griffey still can perform as he did last year signing with his former team in the Seattle Mariners. The issue I feel sports writers/reporters are infactuated with is too much on the negative in this whole steroids dillema.

We've seen the guys who we shouldn't tell the kids and young athletes to model after...

Now let's praise and honor the men that are the perfect model.