In the past few years, and more notably in the past few days, there has been a lot of discussion in the media over steroid use in major league baseball. Former home-run king and possible hall-of-fame contender Mark McGuire admitted recently that he had in fact used steroids for a 10 year period, including the season he broke the home run record. He claims that his use of the performance enhancer was not for professional growth, but began out of a need due to injury.That seems highly questionable though, when you reconsider how long he was using it. No one stays injured for 10 years; and if they did, they wouldn’t be playing major league baseball.
It seems to me that the flood of players suddenly gaining moral resolution are doing so because of the number and caliber of the players already outed softens the blow to their public relations. Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, and Jason Giambi have all been implicated; arguably some of the greatest players of our time. If such big names have already been soiled, whats the harm in one more? the easy out seems to be what one would expect to be the most difficult and humiliating; revealing the truth to the public, apologizing, and crying on a given TV interview. but in the long run, players like McGuire will still be remembered for their accomplishments more than their faults.
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