Baltimore Orioles pitcher, Steve Bechler, who was taking not steroids but rather a supplement, found out the hard way that there is a price to pay to be "competitive. Steve died by overdosing on ephedra. ... In a recent editorial by Todd Jones, relief pitcher for the Colorado Rockies, "They talk to a journeyman who is 27 and is petering out at 89 mph. ... According to Todd Jones, "steroids, in fact, is not the right term. ...

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