Doping in US baseball continues to be a big issue

The board which decides what the players have to enter  in the baseball Hall of Fame has denied the entry of some of the most successful players in the history of this sport for their documented problems with doping (Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens). Among these was also found Mike Piazza,  who hit 396 home runs as a catcher, more than any other player at the role, for doubt that his performances have been influenced by the use of steroids, despite he has never been officially involved in matters of doping. But this vote indicates a suspicion about the origin of his record. Some judges have voted in favor of Bonds and Clemens because they believe that these players would get their records even if they had not made ​​use of doping, while  they believe that Piazza would never have succeeded if he had not been helped with anything.

(Leggi: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/sports/baseball/mike-piazza-falls-short-in-hall-of-fame-voting.html?ref=sports)

Doping has been said, that stacks the match, is bad for health and propose a model of successful athlete that can destroy the lives of many teenagers.

I recommend also reading another article that shows how the Hall of Fame baseball is also composed of alcoholics, cheaters, drug addicts, racists, certainly not positive figures despite their sporting success.

(http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/sports/baseball/baseball-hall-of-fame-has-always-made-room-for-infamy.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2Findex.jsonp)

3 Responses to “Doping in US baseball continues to be a big issue”


  • Thanks for posting this. Was looking for this info all over the web.

  • Quindi nel novembre 2005 proprietari e giocatori approvarono persino regole più severe per i positivi all’antidoping rispetto a quelle appena accettate. Sotto le nuove norme una prima positività comporta una sospensione di 50 partite, una seconda 100, una terza squalifica a vita dalla MLB. Questa politica porta finalmente la MLB vicina alle regole internazionali, da cui si era tenuta a lungo a distanza. Proprio questa riluttanza a adeguarsi nella lotta al doping è stata una delle cause per cui il baseball è stato escluso dal programma olimpico a partire dal 2012 .

  • Sport professionistico non ha nulla di sport ma di business…lo sanno bene i proprietari delle squadre…e poi i controlli antidoping sono all’acqua di rose per nn dire di facciata.

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