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Steriod Abuse in Professional Baseball

Steriod Abuse in Professional Baseball

Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals steps to the plate as the Major League season of 1998 is winding down. McGwire, who has been chasing the single season home run record, has sixty home runs. One more will tie him with Roger Maris, the all time single season home run record holder. McGwire awaits the pitch from the opposing pitcher. It’s a little outside, ball one. He steps out of the batter’s box to regain composure. He wipes the sweat from his brow and steps in for pitch number two. This pitch is a called strike, a fastball up in the strike zone. McGwire squares up and takes a few swings to stay loose. The third pitch comes, Crack! It’s a laser down the left field line. Will this be it? Time seems to stop as the crowd of 40,000 plus is on their feet, camera flashes going off in hopes of recording this moment forever. The ball is going, going, gone. He has done it. McGwire now is tied with Maris for the single season home run record of sixty-one in a season. This moment will forever go down in the books as one of the most eventful days in baseball history; however, it is plagued with much controversy as McGwire has admitted to taking a substance called androstenedione. Although this is a purely legal substance in Major League Baseball many think it performs just as a steroid and should be banned from professional sports all together. Andro has already been banned from the NFL, NCAA, and the Olympics (Reilly). The performance enhancing supplement androstenedione should be banned from professional baseball because the health risks are too great, some studies show that it doesn’t work as warranted, and it sets a bad example for youth.

In opposition to this argument some people feel that this substance should not be banned from professional baseball because it’s a natural, dietary substance. It is legal and sold over the counter to whoever wants it; therefore, it can’t be very harmful to one’s health. Since andro is natural the FDA does not regulate it, so many dangerous side effects are not yet known (Hayden). “…androstenedione, a “precursor” molecule that is just one metabolic step away from testosterone…”...

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