Do you really care if baseball players used steroids?

Question

I could care less if players used steroids or not. All I care about is that I get to watch a good game of baseball. Does it really matter if players were using steroids WHEN IT WASN'T BANNED? I don't think it does and that all records during the steroid era should be legitimate because what the players were doing at that time was LEGAL.

Answer 1

Honestly, I do not care simply because the owners, the commissioner, and most fans didn't say a word when changes were obvious. I mean can anybody remember when Brady Anderson put on 20 lbs. in one winter and belted 50 home runs that next season. Just using him as an example, but there are many more. Football, Basketball, the Olympics made rules in the 80's banning these same substances, but Baseball did nothing. The reason being, M-O-N-E-Y. Home
runs bring in money and bring in fans.
People who now whine and moan about the sanctity of the game are for the most part hypocrites. So, if you don't want to watch, don't watch.

Answer 2

It actually wasnt legal in all fairness, i mean in the US its never been illegal therefore it should be common sense that its not legal just b/c you are a baseball player. But i do find it to be MLB's fault for not having a policy before then, b/c alot of ppl dont know that steroids and HGH arent legal in the US.

But it does matter if they use, it tarnishes the game. How can you call a player great if he truly isnt great? I mean you play the game to win, you play the game to be great, but its an unfair situation when some players are getting a lil extra boost. You know steroids arent going to give you some massive amt of power or some great high avg in just a small bit or whatever, its a wide use of steroids over a peroid of time and then what it does do more than anything is give you that extra boost come August/September, so when other players are starting to feel the wear and tear on their bodies the ones doping are feeling great and still going as if its the 1st day. Thats a HUGE advantage after 110-120 games into the season already. I mean it makes sense when you look at the Yanks why they have always had alot of "second half" success. Maybe it wasnt b/c of that, but something like 11 players in 2000 on it? Makes you think. If the game isnt legit then it isnt right. You should be rewarded for skill, hard work, heart, and determination. Steroids should not get you into the league, or get you credit for anything youve done (Clemens, Bonds, Sosa, Palmeiro, Pettitte, etc...). Its ashame b/c all of those players are immediately discounted in my opinion as "great" ball players. They are nothing.

Answer 3

You are the perfect example of what I refer to as the "dumbing down" of the baseball fan in recent years.
I grew up watching baseball well before the steroid era, when a player who was 5'10" and 175 pounds could actually play the game.
The younger fans of the game, through no fault of their own, have, for the most part, been force fed that the only things exciting about the game are diving catches and tape measure home runs. Because we now have access to highlights from games all over the league (as opposed to only seeing highlights of our home town teams on the local news) people are no longer educated enough about the game to realize that a well executed hit and run or 6-4-3 douple play can be just as exciting and more important to the outcome of the game then a 500' home run in the bottom of the eighth with a 10 run lead, or a circus catch with no runners on base to end a 12-1 ballgame.
Baseball games have been reduced to a 90 second highlight reel from a 3 hour drama. Instead, fans are now given the equivalent of a Reader's Digest condensed version of the game. It would be akin to taking the movie "Titanic" and reducing it to the following statements - Boy gets on boat, girl gets on boat, boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boat hits iceberg, boy dies. Obviously an accurate summary to some extent, but not really the whole story.
So yes, I do care that players used steroids. However, I blame the fans for it to some extent, if for no other reason that most of them simply want to see a bunch of juiced up freaks hitting the ball 500 feet rather then truly appreciating the finer points of the game.

Answer 4

I care in an ironic way. I care LESS about baseball now, because of corruption and cheating.

I still love the players, but the fun of it is all gone.

If a guy does well, can I praise God for His blessings of strength and talent? Or do I resign myself to the truism that "Nice guys finish last"???

Besides steroids, there are corked bats, pine tar, spit balls, nail files and sandpaper scuffing up baseballs to aid the pitcher. Etc.

Then, if that is not enough, there is free agency creating an uneven playing field, and gambling causing game throwing, point shaving, and referee game fixing.

The Patriots got caught cheating by spying on the opposition's private communications. Where does the sportsmanship start and end?

I wonder if sports will become a foot note in history, and those selfish millionaire player/celebrities will finally have "killed the golden goose".

Answer 5

I didn't really used too cause barry bonds is awsome and i always thought it probabbly didn't make a huge difference anyway i mean you still have to hit the ball but now that bonds and clemens arguably the best batter and pitcher of the last 20 years have been implicated i'm starting to wonder if it makes a pretty big difference after all. i do think the records should stay though

BTW to everyone who says everyone did it anyway so it was still even look at Ken griffey jr. if he had taken steoids he could be the current all time HR leader. he missed two and a half full seasons worth of games which at ihs pace equates to a bout a total of 100 more HR's if the steroids prevented a significant amount of time from being missed he would be quite a bit higher on the all time list plus his pace would be way higher with the increased power

Answer 6

yes i care about the use of steroids in the game of baseball and any sports for that matter. Not only taking advantage of other players but the ones that are using these damn steroids are hurting there body a lot you will be lined up for so much health problems later down the road if you take those damn things so yes i care for it being in the game and for the safety of our players

Answer 7

No, I really don't care. When I go to a game or watch my favorite team on TV, I'm not thinking about a potential record that might be broken or who is cheating. As for the health of the players, it's their lives and their bodies. If they don't care about that, then why should we?

Answer 8

I care very much about players who cheated and used steroids to make a mockery out of the game and of the record book . The fact that it wasn't illegal does not mean that it was not wrong because it was very wrong and the players who did it should be thrown out of the game and have their stats made null and void

Answer 9

The only reason people care is because baseballs records are being broken by phonies who extended their careers through illegal means(steroids are illegal without a prescription)
And baseballs records are a part of american tradition

Answer 10

I do care. Although I would prefer to see steroids regulated in use at a safe threshold, I also realize that ideal will not happen.

You are wrong. Using steroids and HGH without a prescription is illegal.