Quote Originally Posted by pvfan View Post
Using a spitball and steroids is night and day in my opinion. it was pretty much accepted forever in the game. At one time the only penalty was a fine. The league even allowed every team to carry a specific number of spitballers for a while.
And steroids were pretty much accepted until the mid 2000s with comprehensive testing and such.

There were no drug testing until the 90s, so its ok that Bonds did it because it was not tested for at one point?

Thats what you are saying with spitballs, because it was not stopped at one points means its okay to do it at a later point even after the rules have changed.