1. Release the rest of the names on that list besides A-Rod - If Baseball is to go forward and officially leave the steroids era behind it needs a clean break from this era of deception, lies and craziness. Otherwise fans will question every player that does something great. Instead of enjoying the accomplishments of these players I'm always wondering who is next to get caught? If baseball is to survive (with some a shred of honesty) both the MLB and the players need to do what they must to save their sport.

2. Purge the leadership in both the MLB Front Office and the PLayers Association - The bottom line is the current cast of characters are guilty by association so in order to make a clean break and go forward  the people in charge during the steroid era need to go. When the explorer Cortez reached the new world he burned his ships. Baseball needs a little Cortez action now more than ever.

3. Institute an incredibly tough drug testing policy with a complete erasure penalty for drugs and gambling - Playing MLB is not a player's right, it is a privilege. That privilege should go to young men that made the right decisions and earned it in an honest fashion. If you cheat you should be completely erased from the game as if you were never there. I cannot think of a stronger deterrent than that except maybe public floggings. 

4. Utilize available technology to make the game as fair/accurate as possible - It is 2009 so I know we have the technology to create a consistent strike zone. I know we have the technology to be able to determine a fair or foul ball in tennis so why not develop something for baseball to get the call right? I'm sure the baseball traditionalists will bulk at any tradition altering suggestions but nature/evolution is cruel and efficient. The fact is the traditionalists are dying and if you think change sucks, obsolescence is even worse. The fact is the new era baseball fan will expect/demand changes to get the calls consistent and as accurate as possible. 

5. Develop a hard salary cap minimum and  a maximum -  This would go along way to produce parity which draws more new fans than anything else you can do. Baseball has a very simple problem with a very simple solution. Giving fans hope in cities where they've always been in the MLB toilet is a start to drawing new fans. The institution of a hard cap would place the emphasis on good management and development of your farm system versus the era of super teams using the rest of the league as their farm system. A cap minimum would eventually weed out the bottom feeder MLB owners that are only in the sport to turn a profit with no intent to ever produce a winner. How can you tell if a sport is dying? When one player makes more than the entire payroll of other teams. That is a sure sign of poor management and a bigger emphasis on the dollar than the sport.