This isn't about Hank. This is about an entire era of sports being "juiced" up. Selig and Upshaw (head of the NFL players' union) try to act like they want blood testing for the HGH. In private though, I bet they're both scared shitless of the can o worms that would open.
American sports need to take a lesson. Look how international track and field is handled, or the Tour de France. You use steroids in either of the 2 and you're banned for a year minimum. The San Diego Charger's star linebacker Shawn Merriman (sp?) sat out 4 games last year for use of the juice. 4 GAMES! That's it! And he still has his Nike deal.
I guess it's just the double standard that bothers me here. Bonds used steroids, there's no real way to deny that. But to try to make an example of him while other stars' (inside and outside of baseball) use of performance enhancing drugs is all but ignored is a true injustice and it serves as a reminder of just how biased ("balanced?") the media really is.
Hank did it on fried chicken and watermelon. Babe did it on cigars and beer. Barry did it on 'roids and gatorade. Big shit. The times they are 'a changin'. I'm sick of people trying to crucify Bonds because of his public image. You can bet that if Bonds hadn't always had a mediocre (at best) relationship with reporters, they wouldn't all be trying to nail him to the wall right now. What about Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez? If anyone's ever used steroids it's that fucker, and I have never heard any suspicions voiced about where he got all his muscles.
This shit pisses me off...if you can't tell. Hope that was coherent enough for you to read
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