Why steroids are not destroying baseball 23 Articles

by Scotty Mack

It's the bottom of the ninth, with two outs and the home team is at the plate. The score is tied and the runner on first, Andy Amphetamine has taken a wide lead off of the bag. The pitcher, Henry (HGH) Humphries, glance...read more

by Jeremy Peters

There is an old saying I am reminded of here: It is easier to beg forgiveness than to ask for permission. All I heard from Bud Selig in his press conference following the Mitchell report was how this is not a baseball p...read more

by Hamlet Pericles

Steroids have been a controversial issue for decades, not only in Major League Baseball (MLB), but sports of all kind. In regards to baseball, the issues of steroids have become prominent in the 1990s and in the present d...read more

by Bruce Bostwick

Are steroids destroying baseball? Well, it certainly isn't going to help now is it? Players probably have gotten off the material and it took Congress to force baseball to do something about it. I've always believed tha...read more

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by Erich Heinlein

Steroids are not destroying baseball because anybody that has an iota of common sense no longer uses it. Especially considering all the controversy that has surrounded it already. All major league baseball players should h...read more

by Bill Murray

Steroids destroying baseball? How could that possibly be when it was in fact steroids that saved America's pastime not so long ago. Who could possibly forget that majestic season in which Mark Mcgwire and Sammy Sosa both...read more

by Biff McGregor

Steroids are not destroying baseball. They never have, and they never will. Barry Bonds breaking the home run record is not a bad thing. Sammy Sosa hitting 600 HRs is not a bad thing. Mark McGwire making the Hall of Fame i...read more

by Keith Smiley

The media thrives on displaying any negative events, personality traits, actions, words, etc. because we as a society want to hear about it coming from someone else because we feel that we have gained something over our fa...read more

by Steven Gadberry

The use of steroids by Major League Baseball players is not destroying the game. In fact, from the point of view of the fan, the game can only get more exciting if the league would remove the restrictions on steroid use. L...read more

by Marcus Brooks

Steroids aren't destroying baseball. Yes, we heard from former and current players testify before Congress. Rafael Palmeiro did lie under oath. How he's not serving a jail sentence for perjury, who knows? Mark McGwire refu...read more

by ibeatbrucelee

Steroids has been a major concern in all sports most recently baseball. It remain controversial and much like everything as we know it has its pro's and con's. Although promotion of such a performance enhancer would ruin ...read more

by David Skolnik

Steroids will never destroy baseball because the character and integrity of the sport, team owners and commissioner is far stronger than the personal choices of a few players who had a desire to make a difference on the fi...read more

by Enigma2u

The asterisk is a funny thing. For most of us, we use it as nothing more than an indicator that something is important enough to call attention to it. But in this case, it hangs above us all, a constant reminder that the p...read more

by Nick Burleson

Steroids and baseball. This seems like a dead horse that ESPN and even major news outlets like to kick over and over again. Is this really a problem? Are performance enhancing steroids hurting competition? People need to r...read more

by Ray Fauteux

Baseball fans love to see home runs! Right or wrong, steroids give mediocre baseball players almost super-human strength and reaction time. That in turn gives them the steroid induced ability to blast the ball out of th...read more

by Curtis Clontz

Baseball was once considered America's favorite pastime. Many stories have been told from generation to generation about the Great Bambino, Mr. October, and Reggie Jackson. Unfortunately the popularity of the game has fa...read more

by Revee

There's nothing more exhilarating than watching a major league baseball player hit a home run or better yet a grand slam. Singles are great too but it's really the over the fence balls that get the fans jumping up and down...read more

by K Bert

To state that steroid use by some professional players is destroying the sport is just ridiculous. There is so much more to this sport than few fallen hero's and high priced teams and if anything is hurting the image o...read more

by Melissa J. Smith

The success' of a sport is usually determined by ticket sales, merchandise revenue, and media coverage. Baseball is thriving in all of these areas. The sport has not been destroyed by the alleged, and in some cases- proven...read more

by Chris Chilcott

Here is the situation 2 outs 3-2 count bottom of the 9th and your favorite hitter whoever it may be is at the plate and...now here is where it gets interesting. Your favorite payer has been taking steroids and if he gets ...read more