Do Steroids Really Make The Man? Or Does The Man Make The Man?

Dan Wheeler by Scribe Written on March 23, 2009
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 13:  Former Senator George J. Mitchell, the lead investigator in Major League Baseball's steroid scandal, points to a reporter while speaking about the release of his committee's findings December 13, 2007 in New York City. Mitchell was expected to name dozens of players linked to performance-enhancing substances.  (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Drugs in any case are horrid. It seems that it is especially big in sports, such as baseball. Also in the WWE but that's fake and many believe that it is a useless show to watch.

People have their own opinion though and we can not change that. Anyway lately it seems as though people have just been coming clean about steroid use. (HGH hormone enhancers, call them whatever you want to

What nobody seems to think about is that steroids do help players swing faster, recover quicker, and move faster in general. Yet, you can not hit the ball or field well without skill.

Take a guy like Willy Mo Pena, he strikes out all the time and when he actually gets some wood on the ball it soars. Nobody would be able to tell if he used steroids.

Then there is Brry Bonds. Nobody really questioned him until he broke the home run record.

A-Rod, he still did them and few questioned him yet he felt it was time to tell everyone he did them.

Roger Clemons, he throws/threw fast, he pitched great forever, won some Cy Young awards, some MVPs, and he was on top of his game until the big ordeal of steroid use came up.

Now look at all of these guys. People loved/love them.they played like heroes. But then people figured if they used steroids their career was done.

Barry Bonds broke records, was unstoppable, and over time he developed more skill. People wondered about him and steroids, but it didn't matter because he was Barry Bpnds.

Same with Roger Clemens. Oh well the people said they took steroids and now they are frauds.

They are not though they are still the same players, with the same skill, they just got a llittle bit of a boost if you will.

So the next person you see taking steroids just remember— they wouldn't be in the position they are if they could not play the game.

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