does any body else have mixed feelings about the steroid issue?
547115
It does help out the batter in that he can hit it farther, but he does have to actually hit the ball.\n\nI think that as much as the batters were helped, the pitchers who used were helped more.  \n\nIt sucks that the cheating went on, but technically, it wasn't banned by baseball at the time.  That's baseball's fault.  I see it as just another era of baseball, just like the dead ball era, the live ball era, etc.
198170
yes i have researched steroids and i am not against them..if you use them intellegently. but i think it's unfair to any athlete that hasn't cheated to compete with someone who who is injecting testosterone into their body. something that can make you twice as strong as you were, should hardly be looked at as exceptable in competition.
174426
myself I think the deal about juicing has NEVER been proved. I mean come on people we are talking about a man that has played 20 years and has compiled some of the best stats EVER, and people want to trash everything he has done on whispers. Damn he started out on a crap team and lead it to be a contender. I think he has every god given right to be in the HOF. Look at some of the old timers in the hall... drunks, wife beaters, gamblers, I need not go on. I by far don't hate Barry and if most of the baseball public would get their heads out of their a$$es and get off the holier than thou seat they wouldn't either. Last I know he played in America ... ya know innocent until PROVEN guilty, and I don't mean people trying to make a quick buck with "tell all" books. Just my thoughts.....
1144618
i don think he was out of line.. those cards were well deserved.. the players brought that upon themselves.. i think he was fair/unfair to both sides equally !!
689808
Yes, I read it. Actually, I thought it was about Barry Bonds & track/field stars (especially Marion Jones) and their steroid use. Giambi & others were in there, but I got the impression they were there more to bolster the authors belief that Bonds & Marion Jones were juicing than to attack them personally. The authors seemed to have less animosity for those who admitted it to the grand jury. They seemed to be gunning for those who lied about it, rather than simply those that did it. I think Bonds would have been better off if he had done like Giambi & the others who admitted it to the grand jury; people are more angry that he is a liar than that he used the steroids.
960936
i couldnt agree more.\ni dint want it here- i feel sorry for the athletes cause it will more than likely be pissing it down
906074
1st I'd like to say that I also agree with The First Women's Champ. He is freaking beautiful! \n\nBut also, I agree with EYE-CANDY. Drugs can make people really skinny, so I think that when he got into rehab & stopped doing the drugs that caused him to finally gain some weight & muscle!!! Some people say he just looks fat & slow now, but I think a lot of it's muscle & he looks magnificent! & of course he's not gonna be as fast & all that stuff! He's been away from the ring for a while so he needs some time to get back into it! \n\nI HATE it that they took the Intercontinental Championship from him tho!!! That made me so mad!
225306
Well, the more home runs that are hit, the more people make it out to the ball park, the more jerseys are bought, the more baseball cards are bought.  People like to see long home runs, not a hit and run, score when you can attitude.  The roids and humane growth hormones only furthered the skills of players.\n\nOnly recently when people such as Lyle Alzado died of steroid use did people begin to see the negative aspects.  Also, as sacred records start to fall (61 HR's in a season, Hank Aarons record, etc), people begin to wonder if they were broken fairly.\n\nCongress is also pushing the issue, wanting all sports to look at how they test for illegal drugs, steroids included.
548939
seriously, everyone needs to step off Barry. He's one of the greatest players of all time, steroids or not. Steroids are cheating? I'm not saying i like them or would ever use them, but when he did them it was part of the game. Experts and other players estimate over 1/2 of all big leaguers were using steroids in the late 90s/early 00s. I mean, ho9lding in football is illegal, but most o linemen hold anyway. And they sure as he11 try not to get caught. \n\nConcluision: i'm glad streoids are over in baseball, i'm glad we have had such an amazing player as Barry to watch break the big records IN OUR LIFETIME, and I'm glad he hates the media, they made him out to look like what many people still see him as, an a$$hole cheater who deserves to be stricken from the record books. I think cheering at someone getting hit is wrong. Booing A-rod when he comes back to Seattle is one thing, cheering Bonds for getting hit intentionally is another. People need to get over what Bonds and everyone else did and start to be good baseball fans.
156172
Being in Steel City, of course I was.  The parade today was fantastic as well.\n\nYet, I do feel somewhat discontent with the many "conspiracy theories" being thrown around and the supposed "bad calls."  I will admit that there was at least one bad call, and that was Hasselback's "hit below the knees."  However, why are Seattle fans complaining so much about the officiating, because I don't remember Mike Holmgren challenging any of those calls in the second half...\n\nThe play that more or less ended the game had nothing to do with "poor officiating" or "shoulda woulda couldas" though, and that was Willie Parker's 75 yard TD run - its ashame they didn't use him more either because he looked as though he could've done it all night long.
555006
First off, to the guy above me - try spelling "title" right before you type something.\n\nSecond, I have to say that I agree with the allegations that he did use steroids. ESPN the Magazine just had a story about him with a picture of him in '93 and one of him recently. Same pose (stretching before going to bat with the bat over his head). He didn't even look like the same person. However, I'm still undecided on whether or not he was aware that he was using steroids. But, it seems to me that'd be kind of hard not to realize that you're getting that much bigger that fast. On the other hand, you still have to have some talent and hand-eye coordination to make contact with the ball. So, it's not like steroids were the only thing that have propelled him to third all-time in HRs. There's talent there, too. But, I love the Giants and I love watching Barry play. I'm glad he's so close to the HR second place record and I hope he breaks Ruth's second place record and comes back again next year. His agent said that he expects him to return next year, just not sure for what team...be a DH in the AL or continue to play for the Giants? I think everyone should just lay off him, though, and let the man play baseball...for goodness sakes' it's just a sport...and, Ruth and Mantle, etc. weren't all exactly saints either...
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I would say a good majority are, but the question is whether the steroid is considered a performance enhancing steroid or not. Andro was legal while Mark McGuire was using it, but subsequently banned. BALCO was reported to manufacture steroids that are desgined to avoid being detected during testing.
517613
Well, this debate will go on for a long time. For me, I feel as though it is wrong. But others will argue that there are many athletes who have used steriods, have not been caught and have been listed as record breakers.....my own opinion, let him break it, but do not record it in the record books.
302994
If you've read the SI article, the only possible answer is yes.  And I really disagree with the folks who say we shouldn't care and that it wasn't illegal.  In 1991(2?) Giamatti issued a memo to all players noting that steroid use was illegal (not just against the rules of baseball, but illegal according to federal law--I think that trumps MLB rules anyway) and warned all players they would be subject to punishment if they took them.  That memo, by the way, has the force of rule in baseball.\n\nI agree that MLB turned a blind eye, but lots of players didn't cheat, and to just ignore the big-headed arrogant jerk's cheating dishonors guys like Junior, who were incredible players in the same era, but did it without making themselves into chemistry experiments.
630023
--- First of all, I'm sick of people accusing ALL players of using steroids if they're doing well in baseball. Some people just have natural talent! To whoever is rolling their eyes at this, has Pujols ever failed a drug test? Giambi? Bonds? A-Rod? Sheffield? Whether you remember or not, people HAVE failed drug tests. As far as the baseball world is concerned, they're clean.\n--- Secondly, the sport needs a player like Pujols. With all the steroid allegation surrounding baseball, a clean home run hitter is just what we need to peek fans' interest in the game again, just as McGwire and Sosa's chase of the home run record after the lockout. Let's face it, fans like offense.\n--- FInally, anyone who calls someone a cheater just because they're good at what they do is jealous of their ability. That's all there is to this steroids issue.
428771
Since Pete Rose will not go in because of his gambling/ethics violation wouldn't it be unfair and a shame for someone who is tested positive (Rafael Palmiero)for violating the ethics of the game.  And as for Barry Bonds,  since he has admitted to using `clear' and `cream' which are steroid enhanced, he shouldn't go in either.
223266
i assume your refering to steroid use and baseball, but probably yes, if i could take something that would enable me to do my job better, and because of it i would recieve promotions and a higher salary, it would be hard to say "No."\nYou bring up a very interesting point with your question. It kinda makes you see the other side of things, and i appreicate your question...\n\n...but i still cant stand Barry Bonds.