Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
See I don't think steroids are that big of a deal.

Wern't they legal and then the MLB went on this retroactive whichunt? Or am I remembering wrong.

Besides steroids don't make you better at the game nor are they some type of miracle cure.
In a game like baseball one must have the elite hand & eye coordination to succeed at a major league level. Steroids can't help you there. However, baseball is also a game of endurance. The season is very long. 162 regular season games long, plus preseason/offseason leagues and daily practice, and constant long distance travel. Most players suffer injury, fatigue and weight loss . Steroids help players recover from injury & muscle fatigue quicker, and also help maintain muscle mass for those that lose weight over the course of such a long season. IMO pitchers are most helped by using these substances because of the stresses their arms are subjected to with all the throwing they do. Considering the amount of money involved in professional sports it's only human nature for some to try and find any edge they can to compete. Using steroids as a training regimen instead of a short term medication for specific injury is not only cheating, but dangerous to the health of the athelete because of the side affects of these substances when used long-term. The appearance of cheating taints the achievements & records of any athlete, and is not in the best interests of sport. Using these substances as a training regimen is illegal now, but wasn't in 2003; you are correct. Some people's witchunts are another's search for truth.

Besides, Babe Ruth dominated his sport despite employing a training regimen of beer drinking, pizza & pasta overindulgence and chainsmoking cigars. kinda gives hope to the rest of us average joes.