Like Barry Bond's biceps, the performance enhancing drug controversy had another bump added to it on Sunday.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday that Indian's pitcher Paul Byrd received $25,000 worth of human growth hormones (HGH) and syringes between 2002-2005. Despite saying he was advised by a doctor to take HGH, there is now a black cloud hanging over the pitcher.

So, should baseball do an in depth investigation? Should Byrd be looked down upon by fans and teammates? Will anything productive actually come from this whole situation?

The answer to all three is no.

Not only did Byrd purchase the hormones with a doctor's consent, he did it prior to baseball banning the substance. There were no rules broken at the time and he needed the hormone for medical purposes.

In other words, just drop the subject.

Do people judge those who drank alcohol when they were 18-years-old in 1975, even though the drinking age is now 21?

No.

State's have now outlawed medicinal marijuana, despite it being legal five years ago. Do we judge those who smoked it while it was legal?

No.

So why are people judging Byrd, and other players, who took HGH prior to it being banned? No rules were broken and he seems healthy, without the HGH, since he led his team to the ALCS this season.

Besides, there is not even HGH testing today. There are players using it today even though they know it is banned, but they take them because they know they can't be caught. Sadly, players will do anything to get an edge in sports these days. Just read the November issue of Playboy.

Not only readers get an unobstructed view of Bond's former mistress, Kimberly Bell (thank you Mr. Hefner), they also get a pretty clear picture of what steroids can do to a person. If what Bell says in the article is true, Bonds developed acne on his back, lost his hair, had mood swings and was sexually dysfunctional because of the drugs.

But he continued to pump his body with steroids because of jealously toward former homerun hitter Mark McGwuire and a desire to have his name at the top of the record books.

Here's a suggestion for Major League Baseball: learn from the past and fix the future. You can't change that you ignored the situation in the past, so forget about it. But you can prevent things of this nature from happening again.

Test players now, punish them if they fail, and move on with life.

But first, just let this situation with Byrd fly by the low side.