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Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
I say, who cares. Let them shoot up in the fungos. I want to see Bonds hit a ball to San Jose and then his head explodes. I want to see a 3.10 second 100m in the Olympics - make it like drag racing. I just wish it would go away as the topic to start SportsCenter every night.
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It probably isn't good for anyone when guys die from doing stuff like this (see Belcher, Steve and Caminetti, Ken).
I also think fans want to see players competing fairly. With the know health risks of many of these drugs, is it fair to make it a requirement to take them in order to compete?
And myself, I would like to be able to measure the achievements of players across generations. When Bond's broke The Babe's records and when he breaks Hank Aaron's record, I won't view it as valid because those players did it with their own physical abilities, and didn't need a chemist to put them over the top.
Bonds is an amazing hitter. His eye for the strike zone is remarkable. And he may have been the greatest hitter on his own merits. But we will never know.