Sosa not guilty until all facts are in

An anonymous source leaked information from a secret report to The New York Times alleging that Sammy Sosa took illegal drugs in 2003 while playing for the Chicago Cubs. The story published on June 16 did include Sosa's 2005 testimony to Congress that said "I have never taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs. I have never injected myself or had anyone inject me with anything."

Ryne Sandberg and other members of the Cubs organization have pronounced that Sosa does not belong in the Hall of Fame because of steroid abuse. If guilty of the allegations, Sosa deserves strong punishment from both Major League Baseball and law enforcement. We were told by the commissioner that 104 names were included in the secret report. Is it right to leak a few names to the media and protect the rest? If Sandberg and other members of the Cubs organization had information about illegal drug use, why did they withhold it until years later? Is this the biggest cover-up since Shoeless Joe Jackson? We do not need anyone playing judge, jury and executioner until more substantiated facts are on the table.

I am disheartened to find my baseball heroes stooped to steroid use. I am equally disappointed that the people in charge are not being honest.

Mike McGinley

Hoffman Estates