Drug Use in Baseball

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and Manny Ramirez, again no one was suspended from this list (Schlegel).

I believe that the use of steroids in the MLB has ruined the sport. You see all these players who weigh 250 pounds and can run faster than anyone you’ve ever seen before and can hit a baseball for what seems like a mile. We begin to set expectations for all these players and ourselves and honestly its unfair. You can’t expect someone to be able to do all of these things and keep their body in shape and not destroy himself. It’s for this exact reason players do steroids. It speeds up the healing process and it helps you build muscle at an alarming rate. Because of this we as a fan base expect nothing less than multiple players who can hit 50 something home runs every year and that’s not the way baseball is supposed to be. Maybe you have one or two players who can do that consistently but for the most part, players like that are a once in a lifetime kind of thing. One of the things that makes baseball so interesting to myself and many other people is the fact that it is such a hard sport to play and be naturally good at. But in recent years it seems as though the difficulty has decreased majorly due to the amount of people on steroids or possibly on steroids. It takes away from the enjoyment of the game when you see so many people cheating to try and be “The best ever”.

I don’t know if this so called “Steroid Era” in the MLB will ever end but honestly until that day I think baseball will continue to lose more and more fans every day. They will lose credibility and they will lose popularity if the game is just full of cheaters. Honestly to be in the MLB you have to have more skill in your

right arm then most people do in their whole body so my thought is why would you ruin skill like that with something that is just going to destroy your body. I truly hope the MLB can figure out a way to completely cut off steroid use and monitor it better.