potentloveslave
Dade City, FL
age: 40
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In just a few hours we will learn what 60 to 80 baseball players used steriods or other illegal substances. Honestly, JT the brick radio show brought up a great point. How many of us would do the same thing, if it meant getting more money????
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lattml
Hazleton, PA
age: 41
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Hey Potent, all of us would. Years ago in "Ball Four," Jim Bouton said if a pitcher was told of some magic drug that would make him win 20 games but he'd have to give five years off his life, every pitcher would take it. Until recently, I wrote a weekly sports column for the paper for which I work and I took a very unpopular position on steroids. I didn't care who took what! Players have been taking supplements since there have been supplements. Technology has advanced through each generation -- so steroids work better than greenies, which worked better than red juice, which worked better than go-go juice, and on and on. But, you still have to see the ball. You still have to be able to hit it. Pitchers still have to be able to throw strikes and still need a set-up breaking pitch, I don't care if they can throw 125 MPH. Selig has handled this miserably from the beginning. When Congress started making noise, he should have told it to butt out -- that it had no role because MLB is basically a trade cartel which has the right to set up its own rules. I also find it interesting that the NFL has had a far bigger problem with steroids (how many players have been suspended? Is it possible to even keep a running count?) yet baseball gets all the media attention. I've been a Giant fan since I was five years old and I was a big Barry Bonds fan -- I got tagged with the label "NEPA's Bonds Apologist." I still am. I still think he was among greatest players in history, if not THE' greatest player in history. Whether he took steroids, used the Cream or the Clear is irrelevant. There's never been a five-tool player like him and it will be a long time before there is again. It's also worth noting that most of the ballplayers caught using steroids have been mediocre pitchers, like Mota from the Mets. So really, exactly what can they do for a player. From what I've read, it appears the big benefit is being able to come back from an injury quicker. And that's a bad thing? Let them take whatever they want. They're adults. If there's any risk, it's theirs. But as a Bonds fan, I hope there are notable names on the list -- it will take some of the heat off Barry and show use was widespread.
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potentloveslave
Dade City, FL
age: 40
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Yea, but its unfortunate that a man like Pete Rose, arguably one of the greatest hitters of all time, cannot enter the hall of fame or be involved in baseball anymore because of betting on baseball-which was never done while a player, only as a manager, and never changed the outcome of a game, yet these guys can use a chemical to gain an unfair athletic advantage, which possibly DID change the outcome of a number of games, and they don't get banned from baseball for life. Cheating is cheating. Whether its betting, corked bats, using foreign objects as a pitcher, or using chemicals to increase size and strength. Bonds, Clemens, and everyone else who used these illegal substances, should never be allowed into the hall, or back into baseball, untill the day Pete Rose gets enshrined.
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