I'm confused did Barry Bonds and Sheffield really use steroids?

Question

because yesterday i was watching costas now and real sports with Bryant Gumble and they said that the clear and the cream are a kind of steroids and barry and sheff said they used them but said they did not no it was steroids but again barry and sheff never proved positive on a drug test so im confused
what do you think

Answer 1

The Clear is a performance-enhancing drug - I'm not sure if it is technically considered a steroid (steroids are really just one of many types of performance-enhancers). The Cream is primarily a masking agent - that is, it is designed to hide the use of other PED's. The lack of a positive drug test is not conclusive proof of innocence - drug-testing efforts always lag behind drug-masking technologies. In baseball, the lag is particular large because any testing program changes must be approved by the Players Union, which has no interest in improving PED detection.

Answer 2

My thoughts are that Barry Bonds made a factual statement. Steroids or not, Miguel Cabrera is not currently the hitter that Barry Bonds was from 2000-2004. In those 5 years, Bonds averaged a line of .339 / .535 / .781 / 1.316 and won 4 straight NL MVP Awards. This year Miguel Cabrera is hitting .387 / .457 / .659 / 1.116 through the first 2 months of the 2013 season, and last year he hit .330 / .393 / .606 / .999. Miguel Cabrera won a triple crown last year, which Bonds never did, but that's because no one pitched to Bonds, and therefore he couldn't amass the RBIs. From 2000-2004, Bonds averaged 174 BB per season, including an average of 61 IBB per season. Last year when Miguel Cabrera won the triple crown, he was walked only 66 times and was walked intentionally 17 times. And Cabrera is absolutely innocent until proven guilty, but the fact is that we don't know for a fact that he or any other player is clean. Just remember that people used to say that Manny Ramirez was a great natural hitter, a pure hitter. One of the best pure right-handed hitters they had ever seen. No one ever suspected that he were doing anything. Manny just loved to go out and hit, "Manny being Manny." And we all saw what happened with him. Again, I'm not accusing Miguel Cabrera of anything. He's innocent until found guilty, and no one has any evidence of him cheating. Anyway, I'm just saying that Barry Bonds was a better hitter from 2000-2004 than Miguel Cabrera is now. That's a fact. He may have been on steroids, and Miguel Cabrera may not be, but it doesn't change the fact that Bonds was a better hitter.

Answer 3

HGH, human growth hormones, cannot be traced in today's tests. They are trying to figure away that they can test for them. Barry Bonds swears, he never said he took steroids, where as Gary Sheffield, said yes. They both used the same cream. Bonds is acting dumb, as usual. But Sheffield claimed he stopped using the cream years ago. And yes, that cream is a type of steroid use.

Answer 4

Sheffield just think that Torres a raceist and bonds uses steroids 24-7!!!!!

He does NOT deserve the home run record.

Answer 5

No Barry Bonds never took steroids. He just ate Star Jones.

Answer 6

Yes, a lot of players did. Barry Bonds will either look at by history
as a Pete Rose or Ted Williams, its up to him.

Answer 7

Barry Bonds and Gary Sheffield both got accused of using steroids in 2003 and they both denied it. Just this week a Chemist from BALCO said they both used steroids, but they both denied it. But if I were to say, yes they both used steroids.

Answer 8

Neither one has tested positive but both have been accused by numerous sources

Bonds is an obvious example. He ballooned in size after he started taking the roids and his number soared with it.

Sheffield is less obvious but i would not be surprissed if he took steroids.

Answer 9

Both used sterioids.

It is so obvious look at thier size increasing year by year.

If you read further you will find out Ivan Rodriguez has taken sterioids.

Many players in baseball take sterioids.

Answer 10

I'm confused too. I mean, people are saying that it wasn't illegal when they did it. Have they even taken a drug test? Whoever invented steroids should've been looking for a cure to cancer instead.