Steroid testing in baseball has become such a heated issue lately with many reasons why players should take steroids and why players should be tested. ... In a competitive juncture, such as baseball, the better a player becomes, the more he gets paid. ... Many of today's baseball players are now using over-the-counter powders and such rather than actual steroids. ... In Jon Saraceno"s article in Baseball Play America: Under the new testing system, 240 players selected randomly will be tested again during the course of the season as baseball seeks to ...

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Still yet we see many baseball players looking more like professional body builders than the prototypical average sized athlete. Not saying all of the 235 pound baseball players are juicing, but it does lead to some suspicion of steroid use. ... Money or health, a dilemma that will test how greedy professional baseball players are till a competent drug testing policy is installed. 6. ... An USA Today poll stated that seventy nine percent of baseball players support drug testing (Antonen, 1). 7. ... Baseball needs to wake up. ...

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As red-blooded Americans we expect a decent amount of entertainment from watching professional baseball players playing the game that we love so much. ... Over the past few years baseball players have become more outspoken about steroid use. ... Major League Baseball is no exception either. ... Unlike the NBA or the NFL, baseball doesn't randomly test its players for any chemical substances. ... Bonds firmly believes in the privacy rights of baseball players despite what sportswriters write about him and what critics say. ...

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Still yet we see many baseball players looking more like professional body builders than the prototypical average sized athlete. Not saying all of the 235 pound baseball players are juicing, but it does lead to some suspicion of steroid use. ... Money or health, a dilemma that will test how greedy professional baseball players are till a competent drug testing policy is installed. 6. ... An USA Today poll stated that seventy nine percent of baseball players support drug testing (Antonen, 1). 7. ... Baseball needs to wake up. ...

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As time went on, the players got better and better until one day; Baseball was no longer a game of just talent. Baseball had become in some players eyes as a way to become famous. ... The witnesses that were called upon were teammates, other baseball players, or close friends, and even his trainer. ... As seen in the two case studies I have provided, some of the best baseball players did not have the natural talent to play the game of baseball. ... If these players want to make their fans happy, they have to play baseball for the sport it is, "America's favorite pastime." ...

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Barry Bonds might have been a jerk, and he was willing to break the law to be better at baseball player. ... Would we more happily pay for a Major League Baseball game in which neither team scored or pay for a game in which baseballs are flying out of the park due to performance enhanced players? ... A home run is when a baseball player hits a ball with such force that it travels a great distance and leaves the entire playing field over the fences. ... There were more Major League Baseball(MLB) players caught taking steroids during this era than ever in history however it was one the most pop...

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For instance, in baseball they probably will not help you hit the ball more often but they"ll certainly help you hit them farther. ... The NHL has no mandatory drug testing, at least for its players. The league, however, has cracked back on the freakish size of bloated goalie pads, denouncing them as performance-enhancers, and is threatening to sideline every player on every team next season- a strategy that suggests NHL officials need drug testing more than the players. ... Baseball, meanwhile, is in its own little world, as usual. ... The president has had a personal involvement with ...

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In the New York Times, Sam Robert's article about sports careers gave the statistic that, "The average major league baseball career is less than 12 years and the average football player's career is less than six years" (Roberts), which is why many players turn to steroid use. ... Performance enhancing drugs were not always illegal in baseball. ... The players were given a warning, but there was no policy in place to test them, so players still used them. ... Most of the players who have been caught using performance enhancing drugs have not been punished since they were not...

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When a high school baseball player who is hoping for a college scholarship watches a big league slugger hitting the ball 450 feet he feels like he needs to do something to get that extra edge. ... (Yesalis) This is directly related to the professional ranks in which it is believed that 50% of all professional baseball players use steroids. ... Baseball is one of the most controversial sports and is seeing the most use of steroids. ... Another baseball player, Ken Caminiti, admitt...

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Millions of people watch sports contests such as baseball, basketball and football everyday. ... Luis Gonzalez, a professional baseball player, has never taken steroids before was on a homerun pace of sixty-three on July 30, 2001 (Dark). ... Those who go to the gym or the baseball diamond and practice on there own to get better are the real athletes. ... Creatine is a drug taken by many high school football players. ... (Gorman 1) It is estimated that thirteen percent of NCAA athletes and fifty percent of baseball players use creatine. ...

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Football players may be fined or suspended from playing in games for testing positive. ... It seems as though every day a new player is busted for testing positive. Professional Baseball as well has had its share of controversy. ... Brian Bozworth, a well-known college football player, is also remembered for his steroid use during his college days Another well remembered football player that struggled with steroid use was Lyle Alzado. ... Pressures to perform and win can be a heavy burden for players. ...

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The NFL's confidentiality rules also make it impossible to know why a player failed, and often players take advantage of this. ... For instance, the MLB (major league baseball) effectively launched a productive system which stopped players from using steroids after the steroid era and only have a few steroid users in the game today. ... The NCAA has a reputation which is as bad if not worse than the NFL because of the small number of players they test and the quality of testing for those players. ... Sports like baseball have had a long history of rampant steroid use and have taken effect...

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The list of professional and amateur athletes who have become involved with PEDs reads like an index: Slugger Barry Bonds (anabolic steroids) who broke Hank Aaron's longstanding record for career home runs in 2007, Alex Rodriguez (human growth hormone or HGH) who signed one of the richest baseball contracts in the history, cyclist Lance Armstrong (performance enhancing drug or PED) who won the Tour De France seven consecutive times, as well as Roger Clemens (performance enhancing drug or PED) a seven time CY Young Award winning pitcher. ... It is estimated that 40 percent of the National ...

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The only two organizations that have not yet done the same are the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball (MLB). ... For example, "steroids have built the greatest period of slugging that baseball has ever seen" (Verducci). ... A drafted football player from a High School to a NFL (National Football League) team can already rely on the use of drugs to reach success. ... This was due to a recent request from tennis player Lindsay Davenport who called for more drug tests in tennis before the problem got out of hand (Blood Tests). ... Players and trainers interviewed over the last three...

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In addition to the physical strength, the mental anguish that occurs from chemical imbalance in the body just adds the damaging possibilities to the opposing players. ... Do fans  really care if their favorite player is using enhancement drugs? For example in baseball, as stated by a fan, "he and other fans still considered Roger Maris, a North Dakota native, to be the single-season home run champ with 61", even though he had not ever used steroids (Dick Patrick, 2005, paragraph 2). From the same fan, by saying that this player was great implied that he believed achievements made by a...

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If you are familiar with baseball, this is the supplement that Mark McGwire was taking during his record breaking homerun season. ... As it can be seen, taking supplements can cause many health problems: "The recent death of Northwestern University football player Rashidi Wheeler, who collapsed during a workout Aug. 3, has focused attention on athletes" increased use of supplements and the risks that go along with those containing stimulants such as the energy boosting ephedrine and the muscle building creatine and andro" (Deardorff). ...

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Is Steroid Use Worth The Risk? Why do athletes take steroids? Almost all steroid users are taking steroids because they believe it is the only way to develop muscle and strength. Further more, almost all athletes are taking steroids because they want to get as much strength and size as they possib...

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Early users were mainly bodybuilders, weightlifters, football players, and discus, shot put, or javelin throwers-competitors who relied heavily on bulk and strength. ... The National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Major League Baseball (MLB) players will be subject to random testing for performance-enhancing drugs up to a year before the Olympic Games. ... Under a resolution passed by the USOC professional hockey, basketball and baseball players will have to submit their names a year before any Olympics that they want to compete in. ...

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People want to see the greatest of the great, so the choice to use all available forces should at least be the players choice and not limited by what people who don't even play and only write the rules say. ... More people have died playing baseball than have died of steroid use.... What I am saying here is most pro sports players have used some type of anabolic steroid, but that doesn't give anybody the right to assume that steroids are being over-indulged by every pro player who's been introduced to anabolic steroids. ... There will always be people that cheat so if anabolic s...

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Most of the time coaches also encourage players to use just so that their team can overpower the rest of the teams and win the easy way. ... I think that the use of drug tests is a good idea to discharge the players that have a drug abuse problem. Players today have the urge to use the performance enhancing drugs to make themselves perform at a higher level. ... I knew if their was a chance of being caught taking these substances it would ruin my chances for playing Division 1 baseball (a lifelong dream of mine), but it could also greatly improve my chances if I was not caught with the substan...

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In December 9, 1998 the Los Angeles Times reported about the use of androstenedione (andro) in the Major League Baseball. "Mark McGwire was one of, at least 100 professional Players who took andro."" ...

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Anabolic Steroids Anabolic Steroids are synthetic compounds formulated to be like the male sex hormone testosterone. Many athletes use anabolic steroids male and female alike, such as body builders, weightlifters, baseball players, football players, swimmers, and runners. They ...

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Early users included mainly bodybuilders, weightlifters, and football players who relied heavily on bulk and strength for increased performance. ... The same shame was put on baseball all-star, Mark Maguire, in 1998. ... In a report by Sports Illustrated, 95 percent of football players have tried anabolic steroids at some time and 75 percent are regular users (Donohoe 1986). ...

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