Only in Baseball

Only Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association could create this problem:

Major league players can scrap the sport's toughened drug rules if they don't have a new labor contract by August, a provision drawing attention from congressmen who pushed for the strengthened policy.

If players and owners don't agree to a new labor contract by Aug. 1, the union has until Aug. 15 to unilaterally end the new drug policy as of Dec. 19, when the current collective bargaining agreement expires.

If players terminate the new policy and the sides play 2007 without a labor contract, the 2005 drug rules would be in effect.

Let's hope that a new labor deal is worked out, not only for the sake of averting a strike or a lockout, but also to ensure that a drug testing policy remains in place.

Meanwhile, I understand the sentiment, but there is something just absolutely wrong with pink bats.