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Wednesday, May 3, 2006
ace-off: steroid use in baseball
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Delzell
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niffs: are they your problem? Steroids:
on ever used them? My point being
$ and the recent controversy involv-
uy Bonds is irrelevant to die game
jr and minor league baseball and the
¡person.
ived sports my whole life and I have
fered steroids once. I was a freshman
school, and two of my sports “friends”
same up with wanted to “roid” up so
¡¡¡Id possibly make the varsity football
¡Iked away without thinking twice
ot caring. What they put in their body
jrown stupid decision. I didn’t want
1,801 didn’t care. I also don’t care for
¡,801 shut up and let them deal with
¿es.
y that to say this: baseball players
i’t be scrutinized for performance
ns drugs. The government shouldn’t
■in MLB business because the MLB
rLeague Baseball, not government
baseball. With steroid storybooks fly-
[fe shelves, why should the govem-
ad media set up a breeding ground for
igh profile players such as Canseco to
their steroid use?
iter recent baseball news, five minor
players were suspended on April 18
ig performance enhancing drugs. On
1 four more minor league players were
led, with one suspended for a drug of
Flease don’t get me wrong, I’m not a
advocate, I’m just an original sports
o doesn’t care if these players get
upon ‘roids.
‘Roids ruining competition
If players are using drugs of abuse
■ Mike Guidice
suspend them, and send them to a treat
r Sparfs Editor
ment program. Don’t let me mèdia blitz
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ball players who a®|Spng to creep-up pn
Chicks' aren’t the only ones who dig die
a come-up in the game they jlcpfeJ Most
players who hafebeeri js
long ball. I too enjoy the homer just as much
next person, however, it looses it appeal
the minor leagues
you find out that the reason the player
MLB players boiyMSAtfte fyrSiiop
Swttaflt
the ball so fer is because he has
tunities may be limited for some, i ’
y been taking steroids.
them more susceptible to steroi
This is cheating, plain and simple. The
number of countries,, including
also legally sell steroids through
sT advantage pver the rest of the athletes. They
tions.
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Steroids have been around for years. i' exemplify all that is dishonest and dirty, and
it shows the lack of respect they have for the
Some of the MLB’s greatest momen
game of baseball as a whole.
been completed by performance
In a recent survey almost 80 percent of
ing drugs. Remember Mark Me
profession^ baseball players polled believed
remember Sammy Sosa. Major 1
that steroids played some land of role in
fens gushed for a yea: over these two,and
record-breaking performances by high profile
fverfcwt
now the MLB and the (Xf- government
players. Almost 30 percent said they thought
want to suspend minor and
jor teagu-
that illegal performance-enhancing drugs
ers who are looking for an
■a edge m
Agwriflmai« contributor” to recent statisti-
recovery time. I F| t f hi J j .,,,, M __
If we continue to allow the government <<: cal achievements. When even the teammates
to take over sports, then we are in, a state of if of the guilty players are coming forward and
a realisaftyeuknow that
sports annihilation. With bigger things to T ft
the problem is serious.
worry about in
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care if meatheads want to ‘roid up?
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stealer with the Piratestoarh^edp^i 73
According to USA Today, home runs
are being hit at an average of'^4ap.^gfr^4 1 homerun hitting force with the Giants. Sammy
anotherwagftags to rich^ a^Ynifeh
up 26 percent from 2005 along with a scor I
ing pace of 10.1 runs per game. an eight I as it hurts me to say since I’m from Chicago.
' «ggStt^^^^Wocre power hitter with die
percent increase from la^year
vtbjtgSoxl came to the Ciibs where he got his
With 2006’s barrage of homeruns, and
runs in general, who’s to say the players ^..;swdF^^mHgo^^^foikOsOnationallv
haven’t already found a way around the , • rgbognized homerun chase with yet another
steroid testing? If players want to ‘roid jgjS&ious user, “the Incredible Hulk,” aJca.
Marie McGwire.
up, set up a different league with different
Steroids and other performance-enhanc
standards and see which one survives.
ing supplements have jaded the game and
Now take that to your ball park and
left many fens and players unhappy. Many
smoke it.
are demanding that many records should be
published with an asterisk next to the names
of steroid users. Uris is a legitimate argument
considering that some players would not have
been remotely as successful if they had not been
juiced. As exciting as a 550-foot walk-off home
run is, it kind of takes away from the awe and
beauty of it when you know file source behind the
seemingly endless supply of power in the hitter’s
upper body.
Jose Canseco is one of the worst types of
athlete, and person for that matter. Canseco was
one of tile more obvious steroid abusers dur
ing his playing days, even admitting it once he
had retired. To make matters worse, he recently
came out with his own book, “Juiced,” where he
snitched out many players for also using illegal
performance-enhancing drugs. After ruining his
own life and legacy he took down his fellow
teammates - a truly selfish and cowardly move.
Believe it or not, there are actually crazies
who propose that the MLB just make steroids
legal for all, or even give users their own league
separate from the real athletes. Uris is a bad idea
for a variety of reasons. Steroids are not only
illegal, but are a serious detriment to ones health
in the long run. Allowing steroids in MLB would
send the message that baseball is above the law,
and would even encourage players to seriously
subject themselves to health risks.
“As much as this opens yet another Pandora’s
boj, I think all sports have the moral obligation
to erase any records linked to banned or ille
gal performance-enhancing drugs,” said Keith
Strudler, a professor of sports communication at
Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y “This goes
beyond the simple concept of justice - which
is clearly relative and impossible to guarantee
- but is critical in maintaining lhe integrity of the
game.”
I couldn’t have said it better myself
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