With just 75 days from now until spring training, Major League Baseball will issue Sen. George Mitchell’s report on steroids today at 2:00 pm, catch it on the web or on ESPN. (Photo courtesy of misunderestimation.com)
Spoiler alert: there are a lot of players doing it, probably someone all thirty teams and you shouldn’t be surprised to know, they’re not going to stop doing it. As long as multi-million dollar contracts are paid to play the game, players will find the “edge” to put them in front of other players. Case in point, baseball came down hard on anabolic steroid use, but thanks to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) the “clear” a form of undetectable human-growth hormone was developed. It’s a basic human response; if someone tells you they can make you stronger, faster and extend your career without anyone finding out, nine times out of ten, you take the drug. Baseball players might look like gods or supermen hanging on the posters in your room or framed in baseball cards, but the thing is, they are human and they (just like everyone else) will make mistakes.
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