"Typical problems you will find in people who abuse anabolic steroids include liver tumors and cancer, jaundice, retention of fluid, high blood pressure, hear attacks and strokes, increases in LDL, kidney cancer, acne and trembling. Men may find their testes shrink, sperm count falls with increase of infertility, their hair falls out, breasts start to develop, and prostate cancer becomes more likely. Women can start looking like men: growing beards, going bald, and voice breaking (Dixon 3)." Why would anyone want to use a drug that could do things like that to you? "Anabolic steroids are designed to mimic the bodybuilding traits of testosterone (Anabolic 2)." They don't directly improve agility, skill or strength what they do is increase the bodies ability to increase proteins which are the building blocks of muscles.
Chris Renaldo puts it best I think with his quote, "Steroid use among players has been the game's dirty little secret for some time. Like an alcoholic uncle, it's openly acknowledged by those close to the game, but rarely discussed with those on the outside (Renaldo 1)." Chris knows first hand how anabolic steroids work in baseball. From 1982 to 1984 he used steroids. He knows how they affect your body and how they work. He firmly believes in testing for players. His biggest complaint is not hearing any player speak up and openly criticize any peer who opts to go to the drugstore instead of getting to the batting cage in order to gain that competitive edge.
Unlike the NBA or the NFL, baseball doesn't randomly test its players for any chemical substances. So there has been a lot of speculation about how many players are actually on steroids. Nobody knows for sure if steroid use is an epidemic or simply isolated to a few bad eggs. Many people believe that one way to dispel any rumors about steroid use would be to have random testing. So what's the problem? The clash of the issue ultimately comes down to the Players" Association against the MLB owners.
