Once upon a time, if a player was getting into steroids, HGH, flaxseed oil or whatnot, it usually meant they were about to make the leap from an okay player to a living highlight reel and record-setting superman. So where, I ask you, are all of our chemically-enhanced Roy Hobbses? Are you telling me there were 15 good years of rampant cheating and all this team could come up with was Schoenie?

Scott Schoeneweis, the veteran New York Mets reliever and a survivor of testiticular cancer, received six steroid shipments from Signature Pharmacy while playing for the Chicago White Sox in 2003 and 2004, ESPN has learned.

In case you’re wondering, Schoeneweis’ lines during the seasons in question were as follows:

• 2002: 4.88 ERA, 118 IP, 49 BB, 65K
• 2003: 4.18 ERA, 64.7 IP, 19 BB, 56 K
• 2004: 5.59 ERA, 112.7 IP, 49BB, 59K

While it’s always good to hear that someone beat cancer or found a way to recover from an otherwise debilitating surgery, this is still depressing for all the wrong reasons. Think about it: while performance-enhancing drugs gave the Orioles, Cubs, Giants, A’s, Rangers and Cardinals a wealth of home run heroes, all the Good Guys have to show for a decade of a lawless sport is a guy who took the steroid that actually makes you into a worse pitcher. Other fans were treated to future Hall of Famers; all we got was a gaping hole at the back end of the rotation that cost the Sox the 2004 AL Central championship.

Let this be a lesson to all you youngsters out there: cheaters never win, they just finish 9 games behind the Twins. God I hate this team.