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April 22, 2005
Steroids, Baseball, and The Law
Steroids has finally turned into a big news story. When President Bush mentioned them in his State of the Union Speech, the media tended to treat the issue as a redheaded stepchild among more weighty issues. It hasn't taken all that long, though, before it's big news. Jose Canseco has admitted to using them in his book, and implicated others. Congress has decided it's an important issue, and in a light news cycle, even the news media has begun treating it as a big-three story.
Congress getting involved is funny. Are they going to pass a law against steroid use? They're already illegal. I also haven't seen anything in the US Constitution that entitles the US government to get involved in sports, entertainment, medicine or antitrust issues (which is the excuse being used by Congress to get involved in the first place).
The biggest reason to get steroids out of baseball is that it's ruining the game. Since when was baseball about home runs and high scores? Good baseball comes with low scores and quality pitching. Exciting baseball comes when the batter CAN'T get the wood on the ball. The same has happened in basketball, in my opinion, but I'm obviously in the minority on that one. (I'm a fan of the old four corners)
Want to keep kids off steroids? I have the perfect text for a commercial. Simply repeat the following for 30 seconds.
"Steroids. Arm muscles get big. Leg muscles get big. Weenie muscle gets small."
That should do it.
Posted by Lockjaw at April 22, 2005 1:35 PM
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