Baseball, Steroids, and Tainted Records

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » February 12, 2004, 3:12 pm

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=1733645

you know what is sad, is Bonds will probably break Hank Aaron's all time home run record, and nobody will really care that his most prolific home run years came when he was obviously juiced up.

his "trainer" has been indicted with 42 counts revolving around providing steroids to athletes.

shocking! bonds juiced up? how did the feds catch on?

expect to see a more svelt bonds in 2004!!

Trek · Post by **Trek** » February 12, 2004, 5:04 pm

Ive said it for years, its very easy to see from his rookie card and his other cards through the years.

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » February 12, 2004, 5:46 pm

I can't wait to see how many players this year come out with a "new training program to increase flexibility" and are a hell of a lot less buff than the last 5 years. IMO, they should put astericks next to the home runs he ahs hit while juiced. They should also ban every player that they find using steroids for life. If they can ban you for gambling on games, then you should be banned for actually affecting outcomes via illegal performance enhancing drugs.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » February 12, 2004, 6:04 pm

steroids is a much bigger threat to the "sanctitiy of the game" than gambling in my opinion.

Trek · Post by **Trek** » February 12, 2004, 6:12 pm

Voronwë wrote:steroids is a much bigger threat to the "sanctitiy of the game" than gambling in my opinion.

I agree

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » February 12, 2004, 6:13 pm

cripes Trek, cant you spell Sanctity?

Trek · Post by **Trek** » February 12, 2004, 6:15 pm

I will try to do better in the future, but no garanteez

Homercles · Post by **Homercles** » February 12, 2004, 6:59 pm

Ive always wondered why pitchers havent been supporters of testing. Theyre the ones that suffer the most from it. All the beefed up hitters make a pitchers career very short and very laughable. Its gotten to the point where a 3.60 era is considered a good year thanks to all the juiced up batters.

If I were a pitcher, I wouldve demanded long ago to have mandatory testing. Its in their best interest.

noel · Post by **noel** » February 12, 2004, 7:37 pm

I honestly can't wait for the crackdown on steroid use in American professional sports. It's about time.

Trek · Post by **Trek** » February 12, 2004, 8:53 pm

Homercles wrote:Ive always wondered why pitchers havent been supporters of testing. Theyre the ones that suffer the most from it. All the beefed up hitters make a pitchers career very short and very laughable. Its gotten to the point where a 3.60 era is considered a good year thanks to all the juiced up batters.

If I were a pitcher, I wouldve demanded long ago to have mandatory testing. Its in their best interest.

Because a lot of pitchers are juiced up as well.