... In Baseball Baseball has changed dramatically over the past ten years and a major factor impacting the changes may be players" use of performance enhancing drugs. In less than four years Babe Ruth's single season record of 60 home runs has been broken by Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds. Pitchers today throw baseballs over 100 miles per hour where 90 miles ... , increase muscle mass and add body weight primarily through retention of dietary protein and body fluids. Mark McGwire used androstenedione, an over-the-counter steroid supplement, the year he broke Ruth's home run record....

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... it good for the game? To the casual fan maybe, but to the diehard baseball fans that know a little of the history of the game are disgusted. The Mickey Mantle's, Babe Ruth's, Willie Mays's, and Ted Williams are being forgotten by all of these new age players who would be considered giants if they played in the same era. With the bigger ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... it good for the game? To the casual fan maybe, but to the diehard baseball fans that know a little of the history of the game are disgusted. The Mickey Mantle's, Babe Ruth's, Willie Mays's, and Ted Williams are being forgotten by all of these new age players who would be considered giants if they played in the same era. With the bigger ... ...

• Word Count: 1917
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School