Steroids In Major League Baseball

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There was a time in major league baseball that consisted of batters hitting home runs at an incremented rate into the cheering crowds engendering more than 1000+ home runs per season. This magnificent period is acknowledged as the “steroids era”, which occurred late 80’s through early 2000’s in which players used performance-enhancing drugs that resulted in a higher amount of home runs hit per season. Despite steroids ruining one's reputation, vocation, and health many baseball athletes abuse it in order to enhance one's athletic performance and gain an edge in the game. Certainly by utilizing steroids athletes have a higher probability of hitting home runs, however with this “glory” comes negative health effects. As professional …show more content…

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