The emotional side of me wants the balance of the names on The List released, just so we can take the pain and move on. Of course, that position has no consideration for the rights of the players who were promised certain things. Releasing The List to satisfy our urges to “know it all” violates several important things, namely the rights of those on The List. Time to use the logical side.

Leave it to Shysterball to break out his lawyerriffic tendencies and flex his mental muscles on us:

The listed players have had at least two legal duties owed to them breached and two legal rights entitled to them violated: the fiduciary duties owed to them by their union, the contractual duties owed to them by baseball and the testing lab, their Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizure, supposedly guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, and the right to have their medical information kept private, guaranteed by HIPAA. It’s too late for Manny, Papi, A-Rod, and Sosa, but around 100 other of these guys still have not been damaged by these egregious acts, though they will be if their names are released as everyone is so blithely demanding.

Whether you agree or not, go have a read. At least you might learn a thing or two.