Comments on: All-Star Roster Linked To Steroids

Clemens And Bonds Among 80+ Players Named In Report; Commissioner Vows Swift Action

[closethippy1]

Gee... since they must have nothing better to do... like running this Nation''''s business... when will the members of Congress stick their noses into the probable, profitable, and most likely use of steroids in - *gasp* - some college athletics, especially football... better yet, how about the holier-than-thou NFL, eh?
Or what, do they think NO one in pro football or other sports has ever, ever used performance enhancing drugs?
Posted by Lucy-in-TX

I don''t follow sports too closely so I was wondering about this. Are steroids use in other sports? In particular the NFL?
According to Lucy that is the case. If so, that''s going to make it really difficult for baseball players to fall in line. They must feel they''re being picked on and, it seems to me, they are.
I suppose the reason for that is that NFL players are expected to be bulky and big, but baseball players are expected to live up to a different type of ideal.
And why not? If Hank Aaron did what he did without the use of steroids that is truly amazing and deserves more respect than a whole bunch of baseball players who broke records with the use of steroids.
But then baseball folks would be asking the same question about NFL players, wouldn''t be amazing if they could be that strong without the use of steroids?
I think they should target NFL players next.

[formrusmcsgt]

Baseball will prove that it has no honor as it sold its honor a long time ago.

These cheaters will continue to play as opposed to being bounced out on their a$$es as they so rightly deserve.

Baseball is not a sport. It''s a w h o r e business and will prove same to the world.

Just watch.

[lucy-in-tx]

Gee... since they must have nothing better to do... like running this Nation''s business... when will the members of Congress stick their noses into the probable, profitable, and most likely use of steroids in - *gasp* - some college athletics, especially football... better yet, how about the holier-than-thou NFL, eh?
Or what, do they think NO one in pro football or other sports has ever, ever used performance enhancing drugs?

[iceman_1960]

"During the latter part of the regular season, McNamee injected Clemens in the buttocks four to six times with testosterone..."

Does this mean they were going steady ?

[scottyusa]

This brings us to quite a dilema. If a record was gained while on steroids and is to remain in the books, then all that try to beat that record should be able to try under the same circumstances meaning they should be allowed to try to beat that record using steroids. If we cannot do that how can we let the records stand?

[grammawhamma]

I don''t understand why there is a term such as "sports hero". To me a hero is someone who saves lives...not an entertainer...which is what sports professionals basically are. Drug test each and everyone of them from now on and let the "true" ,unaltered, athletes earn the big bucks and their days of glory!

[keithle1]

Other than someone like Cal Ripken, Jr, how many of the baseball players of the last 30 years do you respect & admire for their pure "steroid-free" baseball talent, dedication & ability?

Can someone tell me if they were taking steroids/performance-enhancing drugs, etc, in the days of Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, etc?

Did Hank Aaron use steroids?

If people are still prepared to pay the price for tickets or watch the games on TV, the owners & the league won''t lose much money. Sure it may turn off some fans but there will always be pro baseball. It''s not going anywhere.

One question:

What percentage of boys/guys playing baseball in school/college/major league have 100% pure baseball talent/hitting ability & do NOT need to take any kind of steroids/drugs/pills, etc?

I assume that there is nothing you can take as a pill or whatever that will improve your pitching ability. You can either pitch it at the pro level or you can''t. Steroids are all about improving your hitting.

Are pro soccer players here in USA & overseas taking anything they shouldn''t? (Obviously not talking about coke, marijuana, etc.) I assume NHL players aren''t involved in the stuff the baseball players are.

[keithle1]

What a surprise. I''m shocked. How can this be. The horror, the horror...

[grimloxz]

I swear you fans have got be the most naive bunch of...

Athletes have been taking sports enhancers not for years but for DECADES... They have been taking them not since they got to the majors but likely since High School and definetly while in college.

What makes you think the players are the only ones who know about this? You think the coaches, the managers and the team owners didn''t know? Spell naive or me again?

If the owners are told by one of his trainers "have the players take this and and you sure to make the Pennant..." you don''t think they''re re doing it? All this outrage and indignant huffing, please... I just told some white dudes at the job, it can''t be cheating when EVERYBODY is juiced!!! And told them 95% percent of the athletes are taking SUMTHIN, if you''re not, you''re riding the bench... LOL Who cares...

[bobgee_1999]

I am honestly confused here. Why is Congress involved in this? It''s a game. Who cares? Shouldn''t Congress be passing non-binding resolutions or something?

[harp1963]

You know what else is a joke regarding Major League baseball....no profit sharing and no salary caps.

This way four or five large market teams with unlimited amounts of cash buy all-star teams every year and beat all the competition. What a joke this league has become under the current Commissioner.

When I was a kid, I knew all the players on all the teams. Today, I can''t tell you any of the players on any of the teams...because the league is a joke dominated by a few teams and the interest in it is gone.

[brianbwb-2009]

Where are the Al Kaline''''s of today?
Posted by SgtRDS

"68 Tigers fan, are we? Also Gates Brown, Don Wert, Willie Horton (not that one, the ball player) Jim Northrup (4 HRs in one game), John Hiller, Jim Stanley, Joe Sparma, and the coach, Mayo Smith. I leave out Denny McLain for gambling...

Ahh, the good old days...

[sgtrds]

Where are the Al Kaline''s of today?

[zeezedzee]

Well I defended Barry Bonds for a long time, stated that he was innocent until proven guilty, that for anyone to say otherwise went against what was right in our legal system about beeing innocent until proven guilty. Now we know, how sad, how sick, what a waste. Every single one of them should be wiped out of the game as if they never existed, their records should be wiped as well, wrong is wrong and it''s time that the right thing is done.

[linamarta]

Using performance enhancing drugs is just plain bully ball. This comes from the obsession with competition as a way of life. Whatever happened to playing with finesse and let the best team or person win. This is a more cooperative way to play and puts play and real sportsmanship back in the game. Bully ball is just buisness; no sports involved. They''ve had their day of measuring the effectiveness of drugs; now get back to playing REAL ball.

[hissteps4u]

Like so many of these things Politically speaking they will wash much of it under the rug for the sake of the game and very few will face legal ramifications or be held accountable.

Americans Game has been tarnished YET Most Americans do not give a hoot in truth and see it as harmless even if it is not truly harmless

[element51]

I grew up in a small town in the 1950''s. During the summer all the kids in town played baseball from morning to night. We all had our favorite players and there were many heated discussions about who was best at what. We looked up to those guys...they were our heros and we wanted to be just like them. On weekends I watched baseball with my dad on TV and that was wonderful quality time. We were innocent and it was a good time to be alive. But as the years went by I began to see more and more things that just weren''t right. It got to the point to where I couldn''t afford to take my boys to a major league game. Finally, baseball just drifted away and I no longer bother to watch. OH for the good old days. It''s so sad that because of greed baseball has lost its shine. But I guess that''s progress.

[iceman_1960]

Steroid use must be rampant in other sports as well.

I was always very suspicious of that infamous devastating punch that Kermit Washington nailed Rudy Tomjanovich with.

Kermit Washington was reportedly bench pressing 400 pounds at the time -- an unusual level of strength for a basketball player.

The combination of disproportionate rage and power in that incident suggests that steroid use was involved.

[swwils]

I think everyone that is found to have abused steroids should be booted from the league,ans all awards taken away.They didn''t need that stuff back in the great ball players days.I.E,Hank Aron,Babe Ruth Joe Damaggio,LouGerig,and so on.

[rukidding75]

zootallures2 - you have some nerve saying what you have said ~~ you give human kind a bad name