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Originally Posted by gblowfish
Mellinger in today's KC Star. He's calling out sports writers for not voting in the roid abusers like Clemens, Bonds, Sosa and McGwire. I disagree totally with his reasoning. "Greenies" are not PEDs. Greenies don't put 40 lbs of muscle on you and let you hit a ball an additional 50 feet. Greenies don't let you throw a 90 mph fastball into your late 30's. These PED players cheated for personal gain. Their agents told them to bulk up for the bucks. They did, and sold their souls -and eventually their bodies- for money. That's fine, but then don't expect to be forgiven for it later when your cheating comes into focus. It's also a slap in the face to players of that same era who were great WITHOUT cheating by using PEDs. Story is here:
http://www.kansascity.com/2014/01/08...-steroids.html |
The problem with this line of thinking is that at the time, almost nobody cared or thought it was wrong. Its not like there was this dark taboo that they decided to violate for immoral gain, almost no one cared. Its easy to view the past from today's lens, but public opinion on this did change rather drastically.