We must remember that this game was created for entertainment. No one wants to watch a great defensive game or a pitchers duel. Those two terms just describe a boring game with nothing interesting going on. The fans want to see larger than life players hitting home-runs each time they are at bat. The action of an explosive offense is what keeps the people entertained. "In America, bigger is better! We, as a country, are infatuated with the staged wrestling on television but could not care less about the Olympic team actually competing" (Maquette Law). It is no coincidence that one has freakishly large men fighting and the other has smaller men trying to keep within in their weight class. People are not entertained by the mediocre home-runs huge home runs, harder tackles, faster pitches, or glass breaking dunks to keep the game interesting. Most will call steroid use cheating however I think it is making the game more interesting. .
Steroids, although they may shrink lifespan, will increase the length of the player's career. When we look players such a Barry Bonds and Andy Pettitte, it is apparent that both should have retired quite a few years ago due to their age. However each had great years in the later part of their careers, thanks to steroids. Barry Bonds went from never hitting more than 50 home-runs in a single season to hitting 71 and setting a new single season home run record. "This was done in his late 1930's when he should have been in his inevitable demise" (Martin). As for Andy Pettitte, he should have seen his career end with an injury. However, he used steroids to nurse his way back to health, and is still playing today. Both of these men owe it all to steroids, and by all, I mean their multi-million dollar contracts. .
A comparable enhancement in another industry is the new craze, caffeine. Caffeine is consumed by almost every person in the United States yet this is not illegal or on WADA's prohibited list of substances.
