Barry Bonds and Steroids

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Have you noticed the size of Barry Bonds’ entire body over the past couple years? His muscles grew big, and his endurance increased over time which allowed him to play baseball for as long as he had. Barry Bonds was a baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants for 21 years. He had to overcome some huge injuries, including a huge knee problem at the end of his career. The only way that he was able to lift so much while he still was recovering is a topic that has been discussed for a long time. Steroids are the only possible explanation. His era of play included such players as Sammy Sosa, who was caught using a doctored bat during a game and also Mark McGuwire, who has admitted to using steroids and performance enhancing drugs. Barry Bonds shares one characteristic between these players; he cheated the game. Although he has not been caught, Barry Bonds should be convicted of using Human Growth Hormones and Performance Enhancing Drugs such as steroids.

Barry Bonds should be convicted of using steroids because of the evidence that has been discovered. The urine samples that Major League Baseball took from Bonds have shown evidence that indicate he has used performance enhancing drugs. “A person who has reviewed the evidence said that the authorities detected anabolic steroids in urine samples linked to Bonds that the authorities gathered in connection with their investigation” (Schmidt). This fact indicates that Major League Baseball knows that he used the steroids, but the officials are too languid to make Bonds come out and tell the truth instead of lying like he has in the past. Congress also has taken urine samples from Bonds, but has listed them and marked them as confidential evidence. Also, Barr...

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...ar fans point of view, Bonds has ruined the modern era of baseball for fans in America. Barry Bonds should be extremely ashamed of himself and embarrassed for all of the hurt that he has caused to the game of baseball.

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