Steroids in the MLB

The Major League Baseball is one of the largest sport leagues not only in the country, but in the world. Known as America's past time baseball in the hearts of many. The season is long and each team plays one hundred sixty two games per season. For those who have been involved in any type of sport imagine how taxing that might be. Often these players will play twelve games in thirteen days. Last year the Yankees played fourteen games in fourteen days and none were home, that is right consistent traveling across the united states. Clearly the scheduling for these players is taxing and at no point are they well rested, when these players become tired that is when injuries happens.

Baseball has been faced with an epidemic of steroids starting and escalating to maximum usage during the 1990s. Players like Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, and Sammy Sosa abused steroids. These players used their superior natural ability combined with steroids to stay healthy and stronger. Battling each other for the single season home run records they tarnished the records books of the MLB. Many people questioned these so called records that these players were breaking, calling for *** next to the names in the record books.

Insane that people did not realize that steroids were being used, look at this before and after picture of Barry Bonds. The one on the left you can see he is skinny, Bonds was primarily a speedy player that hit for some power. But, after taking steroids he turned in a bomb hitting monster seen on the right.

Now the reason this is a social issue is because we all  know that these players are using steroids to get ahead in their careers. People look up to these stars and seeing their usage of steroids might drive them to take shortcuts in their jobs, which is not okay. The other big problem is increased usage and trick-down that is falling down to high school and college level.

Steroids are an extremely unhealthy and hurtful entity to the human body. Steroids have created a competitive edge that is killing players that refuse to use these harmful drugs. It has caused legitimacy issues within the game of baseball and it hurts has a hardcore baseball fan to wonder what exactly is real and what is embellished by steroids. You question what team should of really won the world series.

It is a real shame that when I turn on sports radio around hall of fame voting for the MLB I have to hear arguments over whether Barry Bonds should be a hall of famer. The guy hit the most home runs ever, the most single season homeruns and top five in runs batted in. The best hitter probably ever stats are basically being discredited, makes you feel like you were cheated watching him break all these records. Despite steroids being used slightly less, randomly they will catch people and it makes you wonder how many people are using and just have not been caught.