Well, for the longest time I was trying to refrain from commenting on the latest steroid scandal that has rocked the baseball world. However, I was recently asked some questions pertaining to Alex Rodriguez and well here is my analysis of the whole scandal. First of all, it seems that no one really cares about any of the players who were caught cheating except A-Rod and Ryan Braun. To me it doesn't matter if you are a huge star or a no name, cheating is cheating. Just because these guys cheated and it actually showed good results doesn't mean we should hate on them any more than the other guys. Second of all, Ryan Braun's apology was a complete joke. Seriously dude, you did not know that the lozenge and cream you were using to "heal" from a pulled muscle was illegal? And who takes drugs to heal from a pulled muscle? Rumor has it that Braun has been using since his college days but somehow his apology seems to indicate that he only took any kind of banned substance one time at the end of 2011. Sure. Seems legit.
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Third of all, for everyone calling for A-Rod's blood, just stop it. The man has only ever actually tested positive once. Now, I am not trying to defend him and say he has never used but all I am saying is there is only one instance of solid proof that he ever used and it was 10 years ago. Yes, his name came up in the bio-genesis clinics records, which clearly indicates wrongdoing. No, he should not get a lifetime ban or some non-sense suspension. Yes, baseball needs to stiffen the penalties for steroid use as well as up the testing rate and the drugs that they test for. If the players can't get away with it as easily and the suspensions are long enough, then the risk will finally out weigh the reward and baseball will finally be mostly clean. For now, missing 50 games once or twice in a ten to 15 year career of steroid induced hall of fame caliber number production is never going to be enough to deter players from cheating.
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