Performance Enhancers Through The Ages

It won't stop either. If everyone knew how far ahead the designers are of the testers they would be amazed.

Just stating a fact, not supporting it.

Steroids were not legal up until 2004- that article is very wrong. I remember hearing about a memo released in 1993 that condemned steroid use.

It's nice to see an article by someone paying attention to history instead of hype. It doesn't make it right but this is nothing new. There is a long history of some players using whatever they can get their hands on to try and improve their performance. But that doesn’t mean it all works. By all means, get steroids out of the game but look elsewhere to explain the homeruns. If steroids were the answer the WWF would be a baseball league. Homerun totals spiked across both leagues, not just for a couple juiced players. After the strike the league was in trouble and needed to win back the fans. What better way than an assault on the homerun records. It would be easy to do too because everybody hits the same ball. Of course the league denies it but the statistics don’t.

Before Ken Caminiti died, he said that a large number of players were using steroids..

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''It's no secret what's going on in baseball. At least half the guys are using steroids. They talk about it. They joke about it with each other.''

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Before Curt Schilling flipflopped, and took the "good union man stance, this was his quote[QUOTE]''I'm not sure how (it) snuck in so quickly, but it's become a prominent thing very quickly. It's widely known in the game,'' he told Sports Illustrated. ''When you add in steroids and strength training, you're seeing records not just being broken but completely shattered.''

Kenny Rogers, now with the Tigers

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''Basically, steroids can jump you a level or two. The average player can become a star and the star player can become a superstar. And the superstar? Forget it. He can do things we've never seen before.''

Brian McRae, talking about players going to Mexico to pick up steroids

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"I know some guys that go down there, or they'll send one guy down there with a list (of steroids) to pick up" for teammates, said Brian McRae, a former ESPN analyst who retired in 1999 after 10 years in the majors. "Sometimes people go in the winter and they load up for the whole season."

Benji Gil..

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Anaheim Angels infielder Benji Gil, who is from Tijuana, told ESPN.com that some players acquire steroids during the winter when they are playing in the Mexican League.

"In the town where I play in Mexico (Culiacán), I know somebody that goes around to every team and says he sells" steroids, said Gil, who described the man as a local bodybuilder. "He mostly targets Americans."

The Rockies strength coach..

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Brad Andress, Colorado Rockies strength coach, said steroids are particularly a problem with West Coast teams because of the proximity to Mexico.

"I've been at the major league level for 11 years now, and those stories were here from day one," he said. "It's just getting to the point where the more these stories permeate the industry, the more guys explore the simplicity of going down and attaining it."

Several other players have guesstimated the numbers of juiced players at around 20%. How many total players are on MLB rosters? 750? 20% of that is 150 players..just in the majors. That's 150 too many.

Quote from Barry Bonds,"Doctors ought to quit worrying about what ballplayers are taking," Bonds told The Associated Press last week. "What players take doesn't matter. It's nobody else's business. The doctors should spend their time looking for cures for cancer."