Looking for Number 600
Alex Rodriguez is looking to become the 7th player in history to reach 600 home runs. Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey, and Sammy Sosa are the only players to have earned more career home runs than Rodriguez.
So let's get the steroid thing out of the way first. Bonds and Sosa have both been plagued and possibly discredited by alleged steroid use. In February 2009, A-Rod publicly admitted to using "performance enhancing drugs" in response to allegations that he was juicing during the 2001-03 MLB seasons when he was with the Texas Rangers. Now at 599, A-"Roid" Is on the brink of a milestone in his career by getting his 700th home run.
The question is, do people care? Has Rodriguez's reputation been permanently scarred because of confirmed performance enhancing drug use? Does it matter whether the substance he used was HGH (Human Growth Hormone) or Anabolic Steroids, both banned from MLB because they are said to give players an unfair advantage?
Is A-Rod not a true Yankee?
The fact remains that Alex Rodriguez is an amazing athlete, and, steroid use or not, it takes a real stand-up guy to admit his mistakes.
Football players use steroids too! Recently, four players for the Oakland Raiders, linebacker Bill Romanowski, center Barret Robbins, and defensive tackles Chris Cooper and Dana Stubblefield have tested positive for a new steroid called tetrahydrogestrinone, or THG.
That doesn't make it okay, but there is a biased opinion when it comes to MLB players like A-Rod who are in the limelight. Why don't we hear more about football players taking roids?
At a time when America's favorite pastime, baseball, was seemingly gaining popularity, it also attracted scrutiny. Performance enhancing drug use may forever taint the face of baseball unless fans and critics are able to leave the past behind.
This afternoon, A-Rod will get another shot at 600 against the Rays.
As the future of baseball develops, the question remains whether or not MLB greats like Alex Rodriguez go down in history as heroes or cheaters?
Fans can look towards A-Rod's 600th home run and beyond to answer that question.
-C.T. Minardi
Alex Rodriguez is looking to become the 7th player in history to reach 600 home runs. Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey, and Sammy Sosa are the only players to have earned more career home runs than Rodriguez.
So let's get the steroid thing out of the way first. Bonds and Sosa have both been plagued and possibly discredited by alleged steroid use. In February 2009, A-Rod publicly admitted to using "performance enhancing drugs" in response to allegations that he was juicing during the 2001-03 MLB seasons when he was with the Texas Rangers. Now at 599, A-"Roid" Is on the brink of a milestone in his career by getting his 700th home run.
The question is, do people care? Has Rodriguez's reputation been permanently scarred because of confirmed performance enhancing drug use? Does it matter whether the substance he used was HGH (Human Growth Hormone) or Anabolic Steroids, both banned from MLB because they are said to give players an unfair advantage?
Is A-Rod not a true Yankee?
The fact remains that Alex Rodriguez is an amazing athlete, and, steroid use or not, it takes a real stand-up guy to admit his mistakes.
Football players use steroids too! Recently, four players for the Oakland Raiders, linebacker Bill Romanowski, center Barret Robbins, and defensive tackles Chris Cooper and Dana Stubblefield have tested positive for a new steroid called tetrahydrogestrinone, or THG.
That doesn't make it okay, but there is a biased opinion when it comes to MLB players like A-Rod who are in the limelight. Why don't we hear more about football players taking roids?
At a time when America's favorite pastime, baseball, was seemingly gaining popularity, it also attracted scrutiny. Performance enhancing drug use may forever taint the face of baseball unless fans and critics are able to leave the past behind.
This afternoon, A-Rod will get another shot at 600 against the Rays.
As the future of baseball develops, the question remains whether or not MLB greats like Alex Rodriguez go down in history as heroes or cheaters?
Fans can look towards A-Rod's 600th home run and beyond to answer that question.
-C.T. Minardi
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