In high school, our best player, who was the catcher, decided during his senior year to start playing high.  He went from a slugging RBI machine to Sosa wildly whiffing at even the slowest junk.

A kid getting high might eat a few more cheeseburgers than normal.  A kid doing steriods is screwing up his body for life.  The latter is a much, much more serious problem.

I fail to see how a pitcher getting caught with pot residue in his urine is somehow going to adversely affect kids.  If kids are going to smoke pot, I fail to see how a baseball player is responsible.

As someone who spent countless days high during HS, college, and then some, I can still honestly say that everyone who is out on a field, stage, big screen, etc. ought to behave respectably.  NOT because they OWE me (or anyone else) because they are friggin adults and that is how adults act.  Apparently you are not familiar with this concept.

I happen to be a person of the opinion that this world would be better off if more people smoked pot (ie. Bin Laden, Sadaam, Mike Tyson, Hitler, etc.) however, if you want to make anargument that a public figure, such as Freddie Garcia, has no responsibility to abide by societal rules, then you are sadly mistaken.  Just as I am not expected to use my weekends to get overwhelmingly smashed, get into bar fights, and then hop in my car and speed around town while smokin a spliff...so should Garcia.

For the record, I am not arguing that his recreational use of pot is such a horrible thing simply, he was caught and this DOES reflect upon him poorly.  Kids who are aspiring to be baseball players  (maybe even pitchers) DO look up to these guys and this is not something any parent can change.  Don't you dare tell me that you grew up and had no idols who were professional athletes...

And please, don't have kids because your obnoxious and immature attacks on those of us with different standards clearly indicates your inability to think of someone other than yourself.