All you have to do is look at his baseball cards. Barry Bonds went from a skinny player known for his combination of speed and hitting to a player that looks like he is from the WWE and needs an armored truck on his elbow and ankle just to make it to first base safely. I understand there is such a thing as weight training and it can make a significant improvement, but not as quickly as it did for Bonds. Secondly, look at his home run totals. He only has one season that he hit over 50 home runs. That season just happened to be his famouys 2001 where he totaled 73 home runs. He Barry Bonds was an easy target for the media since he has always turned a cold shoulder to all news outlets. Roger Clemens is also accused of steroid use and the same arguments of body build and statistics through his old age can be used to support the accusation, but he is beloved by the nation and media alike. No one pursues those accusations as passionately because of Roger Clemens' personality. Barry Bonds did cheat, but he is not the only high profile player that ought to be investigated. This investigation needs to be thorough and exstensive leaving no one and I mean no one out of it.
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Totally agree about CLemens and other athletes. If we're going to be moral and scrutinize athletes who cheat, we should be looking for every athlete who has ever cheated and berating them also.
Good point about the personality. This happens alot in our culture, not just in sports, "media darlings" often get off alot easier than those who arnt as personable.
Yes, Yes, and Yes.
Everything you are saying is right. But I do think that MLB has avoided a full scale search on steriods in fear of a McCarthyism/Salem Witch trial type ordeal.
and the last thing we want is to watch Barry Bonds be burned at a stake make from the pieced of his broken bats...
...or is it?
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