For this blog, I read the article “You Are Being Lied To Again: Baseball’s New Drug” by Donnie Thomas. This article goes on to describe the use of steroids and HGH in major league baseball. In the world today, many athletes are trying to find the next thing that can give them an edge or an advantage over the rest of their opponents. Many players resorted to taking steroids in order to build muscle and be stronger than their competition. But recently the MLB has imposed severe fines and punishments for any players convicted of using performance enhancing drugs. I believe that steroids are a form of cheating and should not be used in professional sports. If a player is taking drugs in order to perform better, it diminishes their achievements and ruins the game. A homerun is not nearly as impressive when a player takes steroids to get stronger. Steroids are just a way to decrease the amount of work that you have to do and make things easier. It is more satisfying to work hard in order to accomplish your goals rather than take the easy way out. But now the MLB has another problem. Instead of using steroids, players are starting to use HGH. HGH is a human growth hormone and it has similar effects as steroids. Currently, the MLB does not have many tests to determine whether a player is using the substance or not. Until the MLB can control and test for all the different performance enhancing drugs athletes can use, players will continue to use them in order to gain an advantage.
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