why prohibit steroid use?...wouldn't professional athletic games be more interesting if the players....?
929327
Yes, but since games are all about statistics, there would have to be a completely new way of figuring them out based on superhuman-ness.
1122678
Baseball players have grass (or astro turf) and dirt to spit on, and basketball players don't, they wouldn't want to ruin their nice court floor.  hehe, what do I know? NOthing apparently lol.
302994
If you've read the SI article, the only possible answer is yes.  And I really disagree with the folks who say we shouldn't care and that it wasn't illegal.  In 1991(2?) Giamatti issued a memo to all players noting that steroid use was illegal (not just against the rules of baseball, but illegal according to federal law--I think that trumps MLB rules anyway) and warned all players they would be subject to punishment if they took them.  That memo, by the way, has the force of rule in baseball.\n\nI agree that MLB turned a blind eye, but lots of players didn't cheat, and to just ignore the big-headed arrogant jerk's cheating dishonors guys like Junior, who were incredible players in the same era, but did it without making themselves into chemistry experiments.
514891
Without steroids, Barry Bonds would have made the hall of fame. He's that good of a ball player. Without steroids, however, he wouldn't have come close to Aaron's Home Run record. Does he deserve to be the Home Run king? No. Will he be? Yes. Sad to say, the deed is done, he took steroids, and he will break the record next year. This whole fiasco makes the Pete Rose lifetime ban from baseball a big joke.
1028485
Basketball. Baseball is a joke. Bud Selig's ruined that game. Say what you will about the NBA cap, but at least they have a cap.  When a team can buy a player they don't want or need just because their competitors want him...that's just a joke.  Also, there's no other major sport that I know of where a guy can be grossly overweight and still be a star.  \n\nAnd, don't get me started about the steriods thing.  MLB doesn't handle things very well and Bud Selig is spineless.
137010
Don't be so quick to paint all athletes with the same broad brush. I am sure that many of them are motivated by championships or just plain love of the sport. Look at most of the Olympic Athletes. Even the champs aren't going to make much money off of it, yet  they are training like mad for the chance to be called the best in the world. Most younger athletes play a game for the love of the sport. As they get to be the best in the world, I do not believe that love or drive to be the best ever leaves them. I think this is why someone like michael jordan will try another sport like Baseball when he felt that he had accomplished everything he could in basketball. It is also why so many athletes play golf, a game in which they are not the best in but work hard to improve in..
198170
yes i have researched steroids and i am not against them..if you use them intellegently. but i think it's unfair to any athlete that hasn't cheated to compete with someone who who is injecting testosterone into their body. something that can make you twice as strong as you were, should hardly be looked at as exceptable in competition.
1094605
Not a strict one, no.  Very loose guidelines...\n\nHowever, baseball isn't filled with the kind of wanna-be thugs that the NBA has to deal with... so they've never had a major issue like the NBA has with their public image.\n\nExcept for the steroids things...\n\nlol
1063595
Every player is subjected to give urine samples which are "randomly" tested for banned substances.\n\nFlaws:\n(1) Everyday medicine can produce a negative test. Even cold medicine can give a negative result.\n(2) A new steroid can easily be created, and go undetected by MLB as they wouldnt know of its existence.
1123978
I wouldn't say steroids.  It has to do with the fact that players are now being bred to grow up playing sports.  Football players are conditioned and trained from grade-school through-out their entire life to be faster stronger and smarter.  This goes for any sport.  The conditioning regimen for high school nowadays includes two-a-days (two practices in one day) for 2 weeks in the middle of July (hottest month of the year).  You think they put 15 year olds through that 50 years ago?  Even in gradeschool now, they are doing two-a-days.  They are being groomed to play football from ages 6 or so on up
577743
I would rather see Bonds retire before he surpasses Aaron on the all-time homerun list. That way It would still be known as a sacred mark. Bonds may have cheated but he was only doing what EVERY homerun hitter was doing at the time, (McGuire , Sosa ) come to mind. With that said, I still believe Bonds would  ( IS ) the most dangerous hitter period in the league. The steroids are not making him hit the ball.
303074
A lot of them are usually due to the fact the players try to do too much too soon.  Also as I'm sure you've noticed, there is a lot of time between plays, so unlike most of the other sports, baseball players are unable to keep their muscles warm, and then required to use them at full speed for a short amount of time.  Think of that poor RF who could conceivably go through an entire game of about 2.5 hours without having a ball hit to him, and then in the bottom of the 9th may have to make a 300+ft throw to home to save a run.  That'll kill your arm in a hurry, especially early in the season.
1067603
Imagine what the managers think about that, now that the All-Star Game actually means home-field advantage in the World Series! THAT'S the ridiculous part, in my opinion. Having to play those "former greats" rather than the more talented but not-as-popular players that didn't make the fans' cut . . . that's gotta be frustrating when the game is on the line. I just hope that we don't start seeing any sacrifice bunts in the All-Star game, just so one team can win. The All-Star game should be a fun game.\n\nThen again . . . seeing Barry Bonds bunt would be fun.
1006261
I agree with you completely.  The NBA is soft nowadays and players get suspended for fouls that wouldn't even be considered flagrant in years past.  \n\nIt is sad.  \n\nMost analysts seem to think that the reason is twofold - 1. To prevent/lessen injury and "clean up" the physicality of the game.  In other words to stop fights and things of that nature that not only harm one's body, but can tarnish the reputation of the NBA if they happen too frequently, and 2. perhaps most importantly - the new rules allow smaller guards to penetrate for more frequently.  The reason players like Kobe are getting 81 a game is because no one can hand check them anymore, and also because a good percentage of these box scores come from free throws - everything is a foul nowadays!  \n\nIt really does weaken the game in my opinion, even though it allows quick players to show off far more.  Barkley put it well when he said anytime Tony Parker (a small point guard!) is leading the league in FG percentage (that was true at some point this year), you KNOW the league is trying to encourage that fast, penetrating style of play...Analysts frequently comment on this when explaining how players of old had a much harder time scoring 25 then players of today scoring 50.  \n\nI wish it were like that again also!
1176938
Those were special kinds of players, I think now it is more difficult to be able and play two sports professionally. When Bo did it I believe that the baseball season was shorter than what it is now. That's why athletes nowadays chose to play only one sport, because now more than in the past playing both in the MLB and NFL would take a toll on the body (longer seasons). I really don't think now nor in the future we will be seeing anymore players like Bo.
1068615
YES!!! People should be able to do things on their own and not take steriods to enhance their body just so that they can play better.
480495
Sadly I would have to agree with you and say that everyone was turning a blind eye to the steroid problem.  The strike of 1994/1995 struck a serious blow to the game that really it has not recovered from.  I hope the independant investigator takes a long look at Selig.