No Place in Sports for Sterroids

     Performance enhancing steroids have played a role in sports throughout the years.  Many athletes have set records that were disputed.  Steroids played a role in the abilities of athletes, such as Mark McGuire and Jason Giambi.  Most recently, Barry Bonds passed Hank Aaron's All-time homerun record.  Currently, Bonds' homerun total is at 762 long balls.

     Bonds is facing possible legal trouble.  He faces perjury charges and, if Bonds is convicted, could face thirty years behind bars.  Commisioner Bud Selig is watching the legal procedings very carefully.  Many people, including Commisioner Selig, want New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez to pass Bonds' homerun total.  This past season A-Rod became, at 31, the youngest player to join the 500 homerun club.  Rodriguez resigned, with the Yankees, for an additional 10 years worth $275M.

     It frustrates me to see athletes use performance enhancing drugs to set records.  Other greats never reach these plateaus.  It seems like they get punished for playing by the rules.

     I can only hope that Major League Baseball continues to enforce the rules more strictlt, so more athletes that set records truly deserve them.