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Originally Posted by Prodigal Son
I'm just saddened for Fred McGriff.
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Why, he could have been taking too. Really all of the people who everyone cites as heroes are as likely to have taken **** as anyone else. Is it coincidence that Griffey Jr's power totals shot through the roof and then a few years later he was constantly injured?
The only actual important things to take from the "steroid era" (which should encompass 1960-2004, and not the laughable era most people define which would start roughly 8 years after Canseco/McGwire were in the big leagues) are that 1.) nearly every baseball player was taking something that would result in a suspension under current MLB rules (and yes, that includes Willie Mays and Hank Aaron and Mike Schmidt, who all would have received suspensions if they played now) 2.) that baseball (and the fans/media) should have been aware of this problem by the 70's but nothing happened because they didn't have a villain and baseball is incapable of policing itself and 3.) that anabolic steroids and amphetamines should be banned from all sports, which they have been for years outside of baseball (and frankly, I'm less concerned about HGH until there's some conclusive scientific evidence showing that it's harmful).
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"I pretty much popped everything cold turkey. We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses."
-- Tom House
"In 1973, the year I first ran for Congress, the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce concluded a year-long investigation that found--and I quote--'drug use exists...in all sports and levels of competition...In some instances, the danger of improper drug use--primarily amphetamines and anabolic steroids--can only be described as alarming'"
-- Henry Waxman
Last edited by Jason Moyer; 02-07-2009 at 05:21 PM.
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