Effects o Steroids in Baseball
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The Effects of Steroids in Baseball
Steroid use has had an enormous effect on baseball in the past decade. Ten or so years ago, players built like Arnold Schwarzenegger were the exception in baseball. Now there are so many muscles in the game that a major league clubhouse can resemble the backstage of a Mr. Universe Pageant. Part of the muscle growth is due to greatly increased weight lifting programs, part of it is due to improved off-season conditioning, and a big part of is due to steroids.
Ever since their introduction into sports in the later 1950's the use of anabolic steroids has been a controversial issue. It's obvious that the use of these drugs have helped players to achieve stats previously thought impossible. They may or may not be a good thing for sports but it is painfully obvious that records will continue to be broken as more and more players rely on steroids through their high school, college and professional careers. Almost every day brings another steroid report. First, Jose Canseco said that 85 percent of major leaguers use steroids...