According to Donald Fehr, it's over and time to move on.

While on spring training tour in Florida recently, the Major League Baseball Player's Union head recently told reporters the steroid era in baseball is over.

Really?

Where has this guy been in the past 10 years? Mars?

Mr. Fehr, please understand the cynics of the world will never believe a word you say, again.

You had a chance to build trust with the public and baseball-loving world a few years ago.

But with just a few words Monday, that flew out the window as fast as the baseball flew off Barry Bonds' bat when he was hitting all the home runs.

I've stated before that I wanted to believe in the greater good of baseball. The natural beauty of the sport.

But that's long gone as well.

I have no respect for any of these figure heads who find time to come out and deliver sound bites to the media suggesting everything is fine.

It hasn't been fine for several years. And it's only going to get worse.

Those of you that are still baseball fans are, more than likely, wondering who the other 103 players that tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs during the 2002 season.

Sure, one of those names has already surfaced. Alex Rodriguez, arguably the best player in baseball today.

Not anymore.

Baseball has long prided itself with all the numbers it has generated throughout the years.

Before Bonds surpassed Hank Aaron as the game's all-time leader in home runs, people that didn't even know much about the game knew the numbers 714 and 755.

Those were the respective total of career home runs for both Babe Ruth and Aaron.

Until I recently purchased a copy a magazine discussing the 2009 baseball season, I was completely unaware of Bonds' homer total. I'm still unaware of the number, by the way, because I don't believe it to be legitimate.

Fehr has been the head of the players' union for several years.

Back in 1994, baseball players conducted a strike, which wiped out the World Series.

And in 2002, the players' union finally agreed to testing for performance-enhancing drugs.

All of this happened under Fehr's watch.

Way to go, Don. Thanks for helping the game.

Through all the recent seasons, when players left and right were being caught using performance-enhancing drugs, one player has risen above the junk.

Since the steroid inquisition began, Ken Griffey Jr. has never been linked to any kind of performance-enhancing drug use.

His career speaks for itself.

I've always been a fan of the Cincinnati Reds. I remember watching Reds' games as a child, sitting in front of the tube rooting for the Big Red Machine of the 1970s.

When Griffey Jr. signed a contract with the Reds in 2000, I was delighted.

Sure, his career didn't really pan out with the Reds, but it was cool to see him in a Cincy uniform. After all, his father played for the Reds.

But a quick glance of his statistics shows the decline in his performance, which is typical for athletes as they get older.

Griffey Jr. broke into the league with the Seattle Mariners in 1989. But he exploded onto the major league scene in 1993, when he blasted 45 homers.

After a 40-home run season in 1994 (the strike season), Griffey Jr. missed most of 1995 due to injury.

But he absolutely lit up American League pitching from 1996-99, tallying 209 home runs during that span.

He also won the American League MVP award in 1997, a season which he hit .303 while smacking 56 home runs and driving in 147 runs.

After signing with Cincinnati, Griffey had only two 30-plus home run seasons.

He's older. He was 19 when he played his first season with the Mariners and now, back with the Mariners, he'll be 39.

But he's never been linked to any steroid use. And there's a pattern in his career that would make most believe he's never cheated the game.

If you really want to root for any baseball players again, root for Griffey Jr. He's played the game the way it was supposed to be played.

Fluid. With pride. He's had fun.

Even as he nears retirement, he's still fun to watch because you can tell he enjoys being on the field so much.

The same can't be said for some of these other players who felt they needed the extra edge that is performance-enhancing drugs to be the best.

Griffey Jr. did it the right way.

I'll still root for him.

But as far as the rest of the league and players, forget it.