Comments on: Steroids in Baseball Don’t Matter

By: Alpo

Alpo — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:59:20 +0000

People have a problem with ballplayers lying but have no problem with them cheating? There is a major flaw in that reasoning. What sort of an example are we setting here for the up and coming players? People seem to lose sight of the fact that this goes beyond whether or not our “sacred” records were tainted by these juiced up players. Yes the media embellishes that side of the story because that sells but seriously, that minor league player or that high school player has to ponder in his mind, hey this guy is juicing and made it big, why can’t I? It’s wrong either way.

By: weese

weese — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:10:52 +0000

i completely agree with this article. i also think baseball was more fun to watch when home runs were being hit like every other at bat. or when pitchers were throwing with more power and velocity later in to a game. a see no problem with what those players did initially it is the lying part that bothers me a little bit.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:40:03 +0000

it seems to be all about competition, winning at all costs, so it’s hard to blame players that shoot up;

is their job to be sports stars or is it to “play the game?”

By: johnramey

johnramey — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:24:53 +0000

Why are performance enhancing drugs more unaccepable than other forms of baseball cheating, such as sign-stealing or ball-scuffing? Is drug use a fundamentally different – more immoral – kind of cheating? If so, why?

Why are competitive advantages gleaned through drug-based cheating not okay, but other competitive advantages that change from era to era acceptable? We don’t have a pre-weightlifting era home run champ and a post weightlifting home run champ. That’s a HUGE competitive disadvantage faced by all generations before weight training matured as a discipline.

Do ballplayers owe you, or me, or any observer, anything, including honesty? No. They are hired labor doing their job. We should be happy we get to watch who we get to watch. I missed out on Mays…i’m not going to hand-wring my way through A-Rod’s years. I intend to marvel at his transcendent skill. And cheer when he strikes out in the clutch!

By: SpinMax

SpinMax — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:17:02 +0000

I actually have little problem with anyone juicing…it’s the cheating and lying that bothers me. It’s against the baseball rules and has been for 18 years.

By: Larry Brown

Larry Brown — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:26:36 +0000

One simple comment, Rames: it’s not a numbers issue; it’s a morals issue for me.