A-Fraud

I remember a time when baseball players were Gods to me, a time when every home run hit was incredible. Now, when I think of Major League Baseball all I can picture is a syringe full of steroids. Baseball used to be "America's Game" and a sport that me and millions of little kids dreamed of playing. The recent report of one of the games biggest players, Alex Rodriguez, using steroids does not even surprise me anymore; in fact at this point it is just laughable. Its laughable that a game that was the king of professional sports 10 short years ago is now the butt of all jokes. The reason steroids have brought the game down so fast is the fact that baseball, unlike football, is a statistics and records oriented sport. In baseball everyone knows what the numbers 755 or 714 mean, but as an avid NFL fan I cannot even tell you what the all-time rushing or passing records are. Steroids made a game, motivated by records, seem phony and not real. No one knows what the all-time home run record is now because it was set by Barry Bonds, an alleged steroid user. I do not think that Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, or Roger Clemens will even know how badly they have hurt the game they played, they will be living in their mansions and country clubs for the rest of their adult lives. It is the kids and young adults, like me, who grew up idolizing these men who are the most hurt. Their records once stood as God-like figures above us all, now it seems they are just as phony as professional wrestling. Maybe one day baseball will be "America's Game" again, but first it has to completely rid the sport from all the "cheaters" who caused it's destruction.