Mcgwire Interview

This video was taken the day after Mark Mcgwire admitted to using steroids during his baseball career. In the video, he says he thinks that steroids didn't help his home run totals. He says that they kept him healthy through the time where his body was breaking down. He says that he has been a home run hitter ever since he was a little kid. He worked hard every day to learn how to hit long home runs. So in the long run, Mcgwire claims that the main reason he took steroids was because they helped keep his body healthy.

I think Mcgwire is being honest when he claims that he took steroids the keep from getting injured. Mark always was a home run hitter; even when he didn't take steroids. In college, he led the nation in home runs. In his rookie season in the major leagues, he hit forty-nine home runs, which led the league. During these times, he didn't take steroids. Most players obviously take steroids to get stronger and hit more home runs, but maybe a few of the steroid users did take them to help stay injury free.


http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=100114/mcgwire-inspired-page-2-staff-admissions


Mark Mcgwire admits steroid use, inspires us to finally come clean, too. By ESPN. ESPN 2010. 13 April 2010.

Dr. Goodman thinks that steroids should be allowed in sports. He says, "I don't care if they're juiced. I want to see the best performances from the best athletes, and if they accomplish this through some chemical experimentation, no problem!" He wants to see the most excitement possible out of the players, and if steroids are the answer, then he thinks they should be allowed. During the 1998 baseball season, when Mark Mcgwire and Sammy Sosa were both chasing Roger Maris's home run record, the fans got the best performances out of those two players possible. A decade down the road, Mcgwire admitted to using them, and Sosa was tested positive.

Dr. Goodman has a good point about getting the best performances out of players. Steroids obviously make players have better performances, but if no one took steroids, all players would be equal. Sure, the players may not hit as many home runs, but the game will never lose its excitement. No player has hit seventy home runs since Barry Bonds did in 2001. The game has been just as exciting since then.

Goodman, Gary. "Steroids Should be Allowed in Pro Sports." 26 March 2006: 1. Web. 13 Apr 2010. .

Mcgwire at Congress

In this video, in front of congress, Mark Mcgwire never gives a "yes" or "no" answer to whether he used steroids or not. When he was asked if he had used steroids, he simply responded, "I'm not here to talk about the past." Also he was asked if he had ever had a problem seeing his colleagues (other players) used drugs like steroids. Mark didn't even answer this question.

I think that this video clearly shows that Mark used steroids in his past to make him a better baseball player. Mark was obviously one of the best baseball players of the 80's and 90's because of steroids. A few months ago, Mark openly admitted to using steroids. Mark says is was something that he felt he had to get off of his chest, because he was about to go back into baseball as a hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals.






Mark Mcgwire Senate Testimony. 20 April 2007. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=942HcHKbOno

Canseco Admits

Jose Canseco is a former Major League Baseball player who used steroids. In fact, he was the first one to ever use them in the major leagues. He says that steroids made him a better baseball player without doubt. He also says that if he could go back and have the choice of taking them again, he would take them. According to him, steroids can also make you healthier in some ways. They can help cure certain diseases.

Jose Canseco was one of the greatest baseball players in the 80's and 90's. Clearly he was better than a lot of other baseball players because of steroids. We will never know if other players could have been as good as him if everyone took steroids though. That is why I think that steroids should be illegal. Barry Bonds, the home run record holder, has been tested positive for steroids. The world now has to know that the home run record holder cheated to get his record.

Canseco, Jose. Juiced. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2005. 1-10. Print.

Mitchell Report

In the 2007-2008 Major League Baseball season, George J. Mitchell released a report containing all of the the players that had used steroids. There was a total of eighy-nine players on the list. Mitchell talked to people talked to the steroid dealers, and managed to get the names of the players. The list included players from all thirty major league teams. Most players denied using the drug, but if that player ever tests positive for using steroids, he will be fined and suspended.

Mitchell recommended that the players do not get punished, but Commissioner, Bud Selig, said that he would look over each individual player's case and decided then. Mitchell did a great job finding reliable sources who could help him figure out which players took steroids. Players such as Mark Mcgwire, Sammy Sosa, and Rafael Palimero have testified before congress about whether they used steroids or not, and all declined. Later, Sosa and Palimero tested positive, and Mcgwire admitted to using them.

Wilson, Duff. "Steroid Report Cites ‘Collective Failure’." 14 December 2007: 1-2. Web. 4 Apr 2010. .