I just read a very interesting article about steroids and baseball. I'd like to know what some of you baseball fans think out there.
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I can't imagine what Griffey could have done had he not been injured. He was A-Rod before A-Rod existed (at least in the big leagues), and sustained his reign a lot longer than the latter has so far. It's sad, but as the article points out, it's bittersweet. Griffey has done a lot of things that people, even those in Cincinnati, take forgranted. I mean, the guy could've gone anywhere, but he chose to take an unbelievably drastic paycut to come to this craphole of a town (craphole in that they don't spend anything on their baseball team). He gave up all that he could have been to help a team on the road to nowheresville. I am under the belief that since Griff had to basically carry the Reds, because of all the expectations coupled with his desire to win/compete, his body went into breakdown. He was only 33 when he came to Cincy, a far cry from what the author of your article calls a time to deal with one's own mortality and fade away (i.e. Jermaine Dye, 2005 World Series MVP, age 33). I almost wish he'd never come here--for his sake. And as far as the "legacy" of Barry Bonds. People don't understand the gravity of the steroids situation in baseball. It's far more prevalent in the NFL, although hardly ever reported upon, but it means more in Major League Baseball. Steroids are cheating not solely because of the increase in strength they supply, but more inportantly for the fact that they dramatically heighten reaction time and quality of eyesight, the very two things that hitters really need to be good at what they do. Bonds is a hack, just like anybody else who would do as he has (Mark MacGuire, Sammy Sosa, Jason "Juice Box" Giambi). It will never happen without incontrevertible evidence, but they should strike all of his records from baseball history. The worst part is that he, as the srticle also stated, was an amazing talent before the steroids. In fact, most of the big names that get tossed around when the steroids convo takes place were great players before that, they just got "greedy." I do think it bull crap, by the way, that "my sport" has to carry this stigma around it's neck while guys in "your sport" are awarded with trips to the Pro Bowl. Sorry I took up so much space, but you asked for it.
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