my mental meanderings...

Steroids

So was there any doubt in anyone's mind that Barry Bonds was using steroids? I mean, the guy looks pretty huge. Grant it, he doesn't look as huge at Mark McGuire did, but Mark McGuire admitted to using "performance enhancing" drugs. And what about Jason Giambi? His supposed grand jury testimony said that he injected himself in the a$$. I know he hasn't been mentioned, but I'm sure Sammy Sosa also used steroids. I mean he was pretty huge as well.

I think greed has a lot to do with why these athletes use steroids. I mean, if you can out perform the next guy, it gives you a shot at a higher paycheck. I think there is something seriously wrong when athletes make more money than the President of the United States. What happened to good old-fashioned hard work?

Hundreds of young children look up to these althletes. What kind of message does that send to them? Some reporters have said that well if most of the players in the league are also doing it then it compells other players to do them as well just to be able to compete. But it still doesn't make it right.

I don't know what Major League Baseball is going to do to resolve this, but I suggest that if a player is caught using steroids they should be banned from the sport. That's what they do with Olympians and track stars, so why should baseball players be exempt?

posted by ~clai @ 2:23 PM