Saturday, June 24, 2006

Steroids and HGH in sports.

What happened to the good ole days when "country strong" men were the only people with home run power? Anyone who has watched the sport of baseball for the last 10 years can tell the difference in the power of all the hitters. And now it has come out that the pitchers are doing drugs also. You can't really blame them,they are just trying to keep up. I read Jose Canseco's book "Juiced",he isn't some great writer but he told the truth in my opinion. Barry Bonds was a HOF player before he started using but he was jealous of McGwire and Sosa getting all the headlines with their home run chase. So he had to do something to get his name on top. Bonds is a jerk and always has been but he was a great player before all of this. It is hard to believe he would risk tarnishing his image even more just to get more homers. He may end up breaking Hank's record but is anybody going to care since it is clear he cheated to do it? What kind of example is he setting for the kids who have looked up to him? I wish he would retire and go away kind of like how McGwire and Sosa have. Nobody has seen Mark since the hearing when he didn't want to talk about anything. Sosa tried to play a few more seasons but his power was completely gone. They were using something! You got to give one guy credit and he is Jason Giambi. He got caught and admitted it. But he worked his tail off and has shown the last year that he didn't really need the juice after all. He has always seemed like a nice guy and I think he just got caught up with McGwire and Canseco when he was a youngster with the A's. You know youngsters can be led down the wrong path by their hero's. Kind of like Bonds is doing with americas youth right now.

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