John Davidson
Baseballs Cloud Of Controversy
Though Baseball has never been a stranger to controversy. From the 1919 Chicago Black Sox, to Pete Rose betting on baseball, to Sammy Sosa’s corked bat. And now the on going soap opera of Barry Bonds suspected steroid use, it is in no way hurting in the rankings and fan department.
Why is that this?
I think I have the answer, but in fact, it is simply my opinion.
Remember the baseball of the 70′s and 80′s, the days of the tight uniforms and aid pitchers being driven to the mound in carts that appeared like large baseballs.
It was the days when a slugger solely wanted to hit 28 dwelling runs to lead the league in homers, and the triple crown didn’t appear to be an impossibility.
The days before anybody had coined the time period arrange man for the pitcher that came in within the eighth inning, and the only factor intimidating about a aid pitcher was his mullet.
Lets face it, and no pun supposed, baseball needed a shot within the arm.
I mean who needs to go to a game and watch batters hit singles all day. I certain don’t.
Thank God for Maguire, Bonds, Sosa, Ken Griffey jr, Palmero, etc. No matter what they had been pumping into their bodies, they made baseball exciting again.
And why is all the main target of suspected steroid use on the sluggers only? What in regards to the pitchers? They are bigger and bulkier than ever, and increasingly can rush a fast ball up their at a hundred plus mph. Why are they not beneath a microscope?
If guys like Barry Bonds are going to be criticized for using efficiency enhancing drugs, than perhaps they need to ban pitchers from having Tommy John surgery as a result of it is considered efficiency enhancing surgery.
As chances are you’ll or could not know, after this surgical procedure, a pitcher all the time comes again with higher velocity on the ball.
Cheating and baseball go hand in hand. From doctoring up the baseball, to corked bats, to steroid use. If a participant can discover an angle to enhance his game and imagine that he can get away with it, he most undoubtedly will. Lets just hope they don’t all find yourself like Ken Caminiti.
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