Bonds exposed: Shadows details superstar slugger's steroid use

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Posted By: Rob

Literally, Tom Hicks won the 1904 Olympic marathon using styrchnine. Regarding the reason why no one will ever provide the details of Florence Griffith drug use: it would call into question the performances of her brother Al Joyner and Jackie Joyner Kersee. Likewise, clean players aren't going to whistle blow on the juicers is because it's going to hurt the game and attendance, consequently the ability to pay their salaries.

Pete Rose's well known use of amphetamines enhanced his performance, the grind of a 162 game schedule, cross country travel and the shift changes between day and night work make that necessary. Pete Rose wouldn't have had many 200 hit seasons and likely had fewer career hits than Tris Speaker without amphetamines. Baseball players before 1958 had an advantage which I've never seen discussed: they played primarily day games as well as having little travel across time zones.

The guy to profit the most from illegal steroid use was Arnold Schwarznegger in the 1970's. If he was getting some 2nd and 3rd places in body building competitions as a clean competitor, he would had got some the recognition to start a movie career, but definitely not the blockbuster movie scripts to become a megastar nor the platform to become governor. Schwarznegger's acting ability is 2nd rate compared to Sean Connery, who was a 2nd rate body builder (undoubtly a clean competitor, a non competitor now if you pitted his 1950's body against bodybulders today).

Schwarznegger has a tight control on his media image, as well as being a Republican. None of those conservative types who cry about the poor example drugged athletes set for the kids will ever admit the ultimate hero for illegal drug use is Arnold Schwarznegger.

Those who warn about the dangers of drug use should accept the fact that the rewards vastly outweigh the risks.