... salary cap. In his article, Should Baseball Give in and Allow Steroids?, Michael Hogan reminds fans that "nobody likes a cheater, unless the cheater plays for your team " (Hogan 1). All the time, catchers make balls look like strikes, infielders make missed tags looks like outs, outfielders make traps look like catches, and base ... the second basemen rather than the bag. And as fans, we openly root for this type of behavior as long as it can help our favorite team to victory. But why all the outcry against steroids if all this other cheating is being condoned by not only the hierarchy o...

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... the male athletes that used steroids only had one reason to take them, which was to get an advantage over their opponents, whether they were playing on the football team, track team, or baseball team, the students that abused steroids were simple to pick out of a crowd. Very often they would have needle marks on their bodies from injections, as well as gaining ... continued using them after his retirement. Alzado exposed that he had beaten his wife due to steroid-induced rages, and he also spoke about how his lifetime use of steroids brought upon fatal brain cancer. He spent the final m...

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... baseball would not have survived if everyone involved gave up and did not accept differences. The athletes and groups involved in early baseball growth were very diverse, but baseball itself brought them together and allowed them to have a common goal and interest. I think this is one of the main reasons why baseball is "America's past time," because it in essence was ... the careful planning and daring of Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey and the courage, self-control, and baseball skill of Jackie Robinson, who Rickey invited to pioneer with his team. Robinson's talents an...

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