"Confidential, With an Asterisk"

A retired professional baseball player, Doug Glanville, uses an opinion-editorial article to release his anger about the steady leaking of the supposedly confidential pro-baseball league drug test results that were gathered in 2003. Glanville is disgusted by many professional baseball players drug habits, but is even more upset that players who were assured that their drug test results would remain confidential are slowly being betrayed by an anonymous testing organization. He believes that it is unjust and illegal to later reveal information that was intended to remain secure. By revealing the players who tested positive for steroids in 2003, the testing organization is discouraging players from being willing to participate in any "confidential" drug tests that they conduct in the future.

Glanville's article is entertaining as well as convincing. He passionately supports the confidentiality rights of professional baseball players but at the same time he successfully appeals to the American public by agreeing that steroids have had a negative effect on how the game is watched and played. The ex-pro baseball player discourages the use of enhancement steroids, but defends the players' basic rights. "Confidential, With an Asterisk" is a well planned and carefully written article that is able to provide readers with new and captivating information.