I think also people feel that when he made the comment he was inferring from that point forward, a sort of "okay we as MLB have been fucking up until now, but from here on out, now that we have testing, if anyone is caught they have no one to blame but themselves." I'm pretty sure he was asked what should happen to players who test positive (as in, the present).
Also remember we have no idea if ortiz took steroids, coulda been one of many other things.
And don't take me for a Sox fan here, bunch of overpaid, cheating, underachievers. All the blind sox fans who jeered Manny for juicing and now that Ortiz is caught it's "well everyone was doing it" - well that may be true and is a valid argument but don't flip flop just 'cause now its your fuckin guy. Hypocrites.
The only one who's looking better and better in all this is Bonds... Because apparently he was on an even playing field and still outperformed everyone.