Steroids and Baseball

Introduction

The performance of athletes in high level of competition should be the result of physical training, natural talent and they are not supposed to not use illegal substance, including steroids, anabolic and etc. Apparently, the human ability to break records, to overcome barriers, approaching a moment of consummation or prolonged immobility is limited. It will be increasingly difficult to transcend certain records in time and space unless the biology discovers a marvelous development model based on genetic manipulation and organic apparatus still unknown. Recent years have revealed cases that have reached to the courts, especially in professional sports. One of the most notorious has been the greatest slugger Barry Bonds history, facing a legal process for consuming these substances.

Discussion

It has now discovered that one of the most sought after players in the major leagues, a man who charged astronomical sums for his work in the field; Alex Rodriguez used steroids to improve performance while playing for the Texas Rangers from 2001 2002.  Bonds, San Francisco Giants dethroned the previous record holder Hank Aaron, who in turn had superseded the seat of honor of the legendary Babe Ruth. But Aaron was a natural striker of the ball, a juggernaut that was before becoming a pitcher. The issue is not just a matter of physical ability, but also ethical and economic, for a player like A-Rod, as is known, has a multiyear contract in the amount of $ 275 million, the juiciest of the sport in United States. Rodriguez said he no longer uses these illicit procedures to improve performance in the playground. However, more than 500 home runs, runs batted in and scored and defensive ability at third base must have been intensified by the substances in question.

We must also remember that professional baseball is a favorite pastime of most people in the United States and its players represent a sort of hero for youth who wears T-shirts with their names and numbers darned. For Americans, baseball is their sport logo and expects a lot of its stars not just in the playground but also in his personal life. In many countries, including Panama, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela baseball is also considered the most important sport, more attractive to the masses. These athletes earned stratospheric amounts of money and an example for thousands of young people but they send a negative message from these actions, because their achievements not only depend on their fitness, their talent and personal efforts, but due to the artificial elements that give an air of artificiality to their feats unattainable. (Osborne)

When baseball fans are strike by undesirable news in the big leagues, comes to the center of the public as the sad case of drug use by professional baseball players, they mark on a question on the overall authenticity of the game. Years ago MLB tried to survive with trouble betting by players, psychotropic drug addiction, the high salaries that are canceled, the signing of minors, racial problems, and the tabloid press, among other things, after that the ...