A little pill.
A soothing cream.
A needle filled with fluid.
Steroids have dominated the field of sports media for far too long. The newest entry in a lengthy list of things people care too much about is New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez. The pinstripe player recently admitted to using a "banned substance" about five or so years ago. At the time he used whatever it was, there were no penalties for it.
Now there are, and A-Rod's interview with ESPN's Peter Gammons has run almost every day since it first aired.
I don't care, and neither should the millions of people who watch baseball. I know I'm not the only one who thinks the sport is one of the most boring in the physical activity spectrum. The players rarely have to move (especially the outfield), and the teams play 162 games in one season.
What other sport could have that many games and not lose nearly all its players to injury?
Hockey -- no
Football -- no
Basketball -- no
Rugby -- no
Soccer -- no
Tennis -- All right, they can get pretty close
The point is, baseball is one of the least physically demanding sports in the world. Games also have no time limit.
Baseball is boring.
So why wouldn't you want something to spice up the game? Why wouldn't you want Bonds juicing so he can crank little white balls out of the stadium and into the drink? It's more fun to watch. Nobody gets excited about a ground-ball single. Watching someone get thrown out doesn't get anyone's blood pumping. It happens countless times in every single game.
Steroids makes the game interesting. It gives people something to talk about. If it weren't for the drugs, baseball would be taking a back seat to nearly every other sport right now.
So as far as I'm concerned, if you're a professional baseball player, keep trying to make your sport interesting during the overplayed regular season. But please, do it quietly.
A soothing cream.
A needle filled with fluid.
Steroids have dominated the field of sports media for far too long. The newest entry in a lengthy list of things people care too much about is New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez. The pinstripe player recently admitted to using a "banned substance" about five or so years ago. At the time he used whatever it was, there were no penalties for it.
Now there are, and A-Rod's interview with ESPN's Peter Gammons has run almost every day since it first aired.
I don't care, and neither should the millions of people who watch baseball. I know I'm not the only one who thinks the sport is one of the most boring in the physical activity spectrum. The players rarely have to move (especially the outfield), and the teams play 162 games in one season.
What other sport could have that many games and not lose nearly all its players to injury?
Hockey -- no
Football -- no
Basketball -- no
Rugby -- no
Soccer -- no
Tennis -- All right, they can get pretty close
The point is, baseball is one of the least physically demanding sports in the world. Games also have no time limit.
Baseball is boring.
So why wouldn't you want something to spice up the game? Why wouldn't you want Bonds juicing so he can crank little white balls out of the stadium and into the drink? It's more fun to watch. Nobody gets excited about a ground-ball single. Watching someone get thrown out doesn't get anyone's blood pumping. It happens countless times in every single game.
Steroids makes the game interesting. It gives people something to talk about. If it weren't for the drugs, baseball would be taking a back seat to nearly every other sport right now.
So as far as I'm concerned, if you're a professional baseball player, keep trying to make your sport interesting during the overplayed regular season. But please, do it quietly.
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