As far as american sports goes (or most popular in USA), baseball is the most scrutinized though. Part of that is because of the culture of baseball. MLB players are expected to conform to the culture/traditions of 'America's pastime' and its romanticized history that goes back over 100 years now.
Players in the NBA and specially the NFL, have more leeway in the things they can do. Yasiel Puig, a rookie that oozes raw emotion when he plays, is already considered 'cocky' by MLB standards. He would be tame by NFL/NBA standards. (People like Vick would not have been allowed to play in the MLB again, etc..)
Back on point though, baseball also gets the most flak for steroids because not only is it the sport with the most history behind it, but it also has the most advanced statistics of the major sports (due to the nature of the game partially). It is the only sport where you can objectively compare who was the greatest of their era just by looking at the numbers and seeing how those players did against their competition.
Baseball is also more of a skill-based sport than something like basketball. The guys work on their batting swings for years before even making the majors and it isn't something that can be helped by athleticism, just pure skill (that is why you can make it as a 5'7 player in MLB). Steroids can help you get more power from the same swing though. For this reason, people have a problem with the 'cheaters'. They not only cheat to try to get ahead of the players working naturally (whoever that is), but they also taint the numbers so that it isn't easy to compare their statistical numbers with players from eras before them. The whole process of seeing how good a player is compared to Babe Ruth and others (which is something that baseball people love) is tarnished.
Baseball is also in a way considered "pure" in the sense that it comes from the "pastoral" times, before the "industrial" and current "information" era. It originated as a way to kill time while being out in the fields. The "baseball purists" want to keep alive how the game comes from a time before ours. Steroids only helps tarnish that in the sense of baseball history and era comparison going forward.
Enough babble, just some random (maybe wrong) thoughts I wanted to post. I am sure there is more to it.
edit: I feel the need to say how I never addressed how luck plays a big part in baseball. A guy can only control where the ball goes so much, then the rest is up to luck. Home runs isn't something that fits in this though.
A-Rod has always liked to rise to occasions. Which is why it hasn't surprised me if he gets/continues to be hot in the middle of all this.
Plus, he might just be juicing. I mean what a better time to juice for him than right now when no one suspects, right? One step ahead in the metagame. =P
It's kind of disgusting that the ump didn't eject Dempster, even after throwing at A-Rod four times in a row.
It's also kind of funny how the Boston fans give A-Rod all that shit even though they idolize David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, two known steroid users. I'm glad that the A-Rod homered and the Yankees won.
Edit: The other thing that I hate, is that it's a bitch move to throw at someone in the AL. The pitcher doesn't have to step into the batter's box himself and risk retaliation.
It's kind of disgusting that the ump didn't eject Dempster, even after throwing at A-Rod four times in a row.
It's also kind of funny how the Boston fans give A-Rod all that shit even though they idolize David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, two known steroid users. I'm glad that the A-Rod homered and the Yankees won.
Proven is a bit of a strong word in regards to them using steriods in 2003, as he wasn't on the Mitchel report but instead on a deeply flawed list that had more names that positive tests, questions about the legitimacy of the testing, and legal over the counter supplements may have showed up as a positive tests. A very brief summary of the allegations
It's kind of disgusting that the ump didn't eject Dempster, even after throwing at A-Rod four times in a row.
It's also kind of funny how the Boston fans give A-Rod all that shit even though they idolize David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, two known steroid users. I'm glad that the A-Rod homered and the Yankees won.
Edit: The other thing that I hate, is that it's a bitch move to throw at someone in the AL. The pitcher doesn't have to step into the batter's box himself and risk retaliation.
i dunno, having your fastball hit right back at your helmet-less head might be a bit more dangerous
On August 28 2013 03:43 Phelix wrote: Everyone should be excited: The Pirates are selling playoff tickets! Simulators predict that the Pirates have a 96% chance of making the playoffs.
I'm happy for them, but teams with a better chance have fallen off before T_T
On August 28 2013 03:43 Phelix wrote: Everyone should be excited: The Pirates are selling playoff tickets! Simulators predict that the Pirates have a 96% chance of making the playoffs.
On August 28 2013 03:43 Phelix wrote: Everyone should be excited: The Pirates are selling playoff tickets! Simulators predict that the Pirates have a 96% chance of making the playoffs.
I'm happy for them, but teams with a better chance have fallen off before T_T
it'd be pretty hard for either the pirates reds or cardinals to let the diamondbacks come from 7.5 games back to take the last wild card with only 25 games left
still stranger and bigger collapses have happened in baseball before... dont think its going to happen to the pirates this season
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