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I noticed there hasn’t been many posts about the topic in quite some time on here, so I thought I’d get some input. Do you guys feel like steroids in baseball is a big deal?
I am a huge baseball fan. I’ve written for various websites, done baseball podcasts, and one thing I’ve always remained adamant about is that I do not care if anyone in any level of the game are juicing.
Going on a cycle is not going to magically make you hit 60 home runs. The talent has to be there. I’m sure most of the juicing that goes on in baseball are the minor league guys trying to get call ups, or the older vets trying to keep their jobs with the new up and comers.
However, my only affiliation with the game has been as a fan, so obviously I have no knowledge of anything, just a personal opinion.
Thoughts?
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texbuilderI wish I could've used AAS in my old ball days. I'm sure I would've won at least a few Cy Youngs! =)
Highly likely that at least 51% of professional athletes have at some point in time used AAS. I have no problem with it...you still need to be an incredible athlete to achieve top 50th percentile in your given sport; and also make a multiple year career out of it. AAS doesn’t make you better at anything...you still need to put the work in...it’ll simply maximize your potential. My humble opinion.
As a former collegiate athlete I played baseball and I should have taken it. This was around 1996 but I turned it down unfortunately but I truly believe that it would have gotten me over the hump. I was offered only Deca back then so man that could of messed me up as where was the Testosterone? Maybe I wouldn't of needed it since I was only 19 and was full of natty test which would of eventually been shut down "possibly"due to the almighty Deca...However due to injuries and a lack of consistency attributed to playing baseball in the Midwest and now knowing the power of Deca, man I missed out on that one...
jayiskreally dont care about baseball. followed it when i was younger. But baseball was dead until several players on gear started cranking out home runs.
Gear is in every sport. And i dont buy into the whole "its cheating shit." Hey cortisone is a type of steroid and no one has a problem with those type of drugs players use so they can still play.
Athletes still need to have the skill set and talent for the sport they are involved in and gear isnt going to turn them into a superstar.
if it was as easy as taking gear everyone in the gym would look like a Pro BB. People hear steroids and just thing about jacked up dudes that are big and strong. Steroids allow people to recover faster which is one of the main reason athletes use it..,among other reason the average person doesn't care to know about.
The most ridiculous thing was when the U.S. government.., that is corrupt and a bunch of hypocrite crooks..,wasted all that time and money having hearings over the issue of gear in baseball. Oh this is America's past time and we cant have anyone cheating. If the government officials didn't cheat, steal, and step on the average citizens neck everyday they would not be in politics.
I think that it should go either way. Like testing every month or not at all. Random is ridiculous are we running a multi billion dollars industry or a random drug test parole system.
Here you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTy_gLF8zR0
jayiskThat is funny AF.
Lmao this made my day
I say let em at it, baseball, football, hockey , soccer, fighting, let them use gear. Professional level athletes are at the pro level because of there genetics , make a pro level athlete gear does not.
Barry bonds was geared to his gills, but that didn't make him shatter the home run records. His godlike hand eye coordination and reflexes did that, his god given natural abilities made him the home run king , not gear. Look at all the guys in the NFL, you gonna tell me those guys are not juicing? Why give Barry Bonds so much flack? its hypocritical bs
Hgh can extend a veteran pitcher or quarter backs natural abilities to give them 2-5 more years of ball time, and why not ? we all use gear and we all know its not super powers, people who call steroids cheating are just morons who have no athletic ability or are hating because they cant make it to the pros.
While Barry was a Hall of Fame player before he blew up. No way Barry Bonds breaks the homerun records without being sauced to the gills. Not even close.
Steroids complete reinvigorated Roger Clemens career. Way more than 2-5 years. It gave him a World Title and Cy Youngs. One year there were literal " Have another Donut Roger" signs in the crowd and the next he is jacked winning 20 games a year.
Yes these are incredible ball players respectively, but steroids make them super players. And Super Players with much longer a self life than they would have ever had.
I have to respectfully disagree with you bro.
while I agree with the shelf life , I disagree with it making them super players.
A lot of players take GEAR. It does enhance the ability you were born with. But it's a personal decision. In a way it almost ruined the game!
Personally I could care less if the guys use gear or not. I feel the same for most sports except maybe MMA and boxing. I play baseball in an adult league and a couple of us were geared up the past few seasons and I believe it helped a little bit. Granted I'm never going to be in MLB but I definitely hit the ball harder than I have in the past. Hit the same amout of dingers I but they definitely went further. Cant say it really affected my fielding any though.
Glad to see another baseball fan around!
I clearly remember Roger Clemens wanting to thrash Mike Piazza man those were some big ball players...That era in my eyes was the best talent I mean yes some PED users but nonetheless some talented ball players but ultimately I still hate to have seen Bo Jackson get hurt because he was about to change everything, a true game changer...
I miss seeing Sammy blast one into orbit, "thanks youtube" or Big Mark McGwire hitting it into BigMac land. Then there is Bonds aka "Bombs" who just made the game so intriguing with each and every souvenir that he provided into McCoveys Cove...You see what happened was that Bombs was just better than everyone else roids/juice/cream/eye black/pine tar etc...
I miss that electricity bad ass pitchers throwing gas getting their necks snapped witnessing Homers flying high and far nto the atmosphere, " you can put it on the boaaaarrrrdddd yes"
Baseball, truly a great pastime, I loved sitting in the bleachers and I miss hearing "beer, peanuts, lemon ice"...
For the love of the game...bring back the juice however it's a very touchy subject but I agree you give these guys millions upon millions to pitch 200 innings and you dont protect your investment with some Deca, NPP, HGH, Test or Tbol, come on man "yall crazy"