The Steroid Controversy in Baseball

When is the last time that you can remember that you actually watched a professional baseball game, and there wasn't a comment about steroids? Or even the last time you watched a game and said to your self, "that guy must be on steroids." That is the problem with baseball today. Everything that happens is based off of steroids. The problem has been getting better as of late, but in the past it has been really bad. I personally can't stand to hear anymore about steroids, but I also feel it is not that big a deal.

Everyone understands how the game of baseball is played, and anyone that has played the game understands that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports. Even those that haven't played the game usually have an idea about how hard it is. Just imagine. You are armed with a tiny bat, and a pitcher is hurling a ball no bigger than the size of your bat at you at around 90+ miles per hour. This doesn't really sound too easy to hit. I don't care what drug you take, or what steroid you are on, it is not going to make you hit the baseball any better. If you were to give the average the chance to hit a 100 pitches thrown by Rodger Clemens, that person might make contact with 3, and by some bizarre chance might accidentally hit one in fair territory. Now give that same person and I bet that he still manages to make contact with only 3 and hit only one fair. Face it steroids are not going to make you hit the ball.

Now so far it seems I have no problem with steroids what so ever, but that is not a true statement. Most players use steroids because they make the healing process a lot shorter. Now if everyone were allowed to use this process I would have no problem with it. The truth is though that some players do follow the rules, and when they are injured, they don't rely on steroids. This is where my problem arises.