How can people say that steriods ruined the integrity of baseball?

Question

Last time I checked baseball doesn't have integrity. You have the Chicago White Sox scandal. Racism not allowing blacks to compete for over 50 years. The Pete Rose gambling scandal. The strike of 1994. Get serious this game has never had integrity and steriods isn't the cause of the game loosing its integrity

Answer 1

You forgot to mention the fact that a lot of players snorted COCAINE in the 1920's and 30's in the dugout. Mind you, Cocaine was a "cure all" back in those days.

Using steroids would be the equivalent of using a turbocharged car against identical cars that do not have turbochargers when you promised to use a car like everyone else's. If people want to "turbocharge" themselves I think it is really stupid. Turbo engines don't normally last as long as non-turbo engines.

Putting your health at risk to be better at sports is very childish.

Answer 2

Steroids ruin the integrity of the record book....because the records in the past were (assumed) to be w/o the help of steroids...so it would not be fair to players that earned records BEFORE steroids entered the sport...to give his record up to somebody who cheats and uses steroids....

the reason why it's such a big deal is because using steroids is cheating...i mean it literally is giving someone an advantage...and unfair one over the opposing players....

now the not allowing blacks into the game...i don't think loses integrity in baseball...not to appear racist..but this happened in most sports...and was a cultural thing as the civil rights movement didn't happen until mid century...although you're absolutely correct about the gambling, strike, and white sox scandal....

another thing against steroids is that they are illegal in the game of baseball....and since they are illegal...only a few players would be using them...now if steroids were legal....then it wouldn't lose the integrity of the game because you can bet that almost everyone would be using them...it's the fact that some people are using steroids and some aren't...so the integrity of the records are jeopardized when people cheat and use steroids

as for the gambling...you're right because when people put money on games...it effects the outcome of the game (when coaches and players bet) and i think that's the basis for effecting the integrity of the game....

but you're right..steroids certainly isn't the sole cause of the loss of integrity for the game...it's more about the records and stats

Answer 3

Welcome to reality, my friend. The CWS scandal, the Pete Rose gambling scandal, the Strike of '94, and all this steroid controversy are the results of mixing sports and the real world.
In this world we live, there is no such thing as innocence. We are all scarred. There is no such thing as integrity.
Baseball is a sport loved by many all across the country. It has spread to many other countries as well. It may not have any "integrity," as you say, but it has the respect of millions all over the world. Including mine. What sport do YOU say has integrity? Honestly, I'd really rather not know.
When this whole steroid controversy began, fans started to lose respect. I mean, how can you still like a player the same way once you find out he's on steroids? Play fair, or don't play at all. It's not right. It's not fair for others who actually earned their name and reputation in MLB. Steroids caused many fans to stop watching baseball and stop supporting teams.
Don't get me wrong, people still love the sport. I still do. But lots of others think steroids are REALLY ruining baseball this time around.

Most of what I just wrote probably did not make sense to you. It actually doesn't make sense to me! I tend to ramble.
I hope you can make some sense from this!
Yankees Love. <3

Answer 4

They say it ruined the integrity of baseball because baseball is supposed to be a good clean sport, Personally as a child I loved watching baseball and everything they did was very clean and well organized.

Now that players are using steroids it is taking all of the hard work baseball has put in to make the sport good and clean and flushing it down the toilet.

For instance, You could have been the best student in school for 30 days straight and the teachers loved you, but after that 30 days you started misbehaving everyday, Now the teachers have zero respect for you.

Answer 5

It might tarnish the Record ocks for people who supposedly earned records in history, but steroids are actually great for the mlb. With all of these juiced players in the 90s, there were more HRs than ever. And most fans like baseball because of the excitement of HRs. Without steroids, there would be less HRs, lower TV ratings for games, and less attendance for stadiums. Finally, people have been cheating forever. I don't think it matters how you cheat, and I think it's alright because everyone does cheat.

Answer 6

It is only termed that way to make the players the scapegoat. The enablers were the owners/commissioner/player's association/media lapdogs who wanted an easy way to bring the game back from the labor unrest. Easiest way, juice up the game and have power pitching - power hitting - and freaks who were cut like pro wrestlers making the game "great." Now the players like Giambi are paying the price for calling everyone out over that era.

Answer 7

Personally, I hate baseball, but I think the original integrity was back when teams would have one or two pitchers that would pitch a lot of games and not need relief and when homeruns were less common.

Answer 8

In the case of steroids, I think they are talking about the integrity of the statistics, since records are being set by players who are on steroids. In my opinion, those records should be invalidated.

Answer 9

You have to have it before you lose it... I mean Ty Cobb used to sit on the bench and sharpen his cleats, so when he slid into a base, he could hurt the other guy more... He also killed a guy in a bar fight, and where is he??? The HOF...