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That doesn't make it less true.

It may. Or, it may not. Until or unless baseball's governors (owners and players' union alike) decide at last to put their other differences and arguments aside long enough to agree that the roids need to be cleaned out, we may never get an accurate read on the precise percentage of players who are putting the tiger in the tank. The number of players calling for testing of one or another sort is growing little by little, so it may not be that simple for the players' union to duck the issue much longer, even if Curt Schilling (who was practically the first player to call for testing) has a point when he talks about there being an owner or three willing to use the steroid issue as a straw man against a player they simply don't like.

to agree that the roids need to be cleaned out,

Excepting the fact that currently they are an Illegal (in most cases) substance, why? Science is science. Weather its puting 50 lbs. on Barry Bonds, or Making Nascar vehicles 2 seconds faster per lap, the choice to excel is in the hands of the individual athlete.

For instance. Suppose then, steroids are banned by the league. Then A really cagey player decides toward the end of the season, when he is run down and tired to have his body chemistry checked, and is found to be testosterone deficient. The only cure for that, is, testosterone injections. (or simpler) If the Athlete had Aids same treatment....Would his Job be denied, because of the prescribed medical treatment?

I really don't think it should matter.Not morally, not for the (ha ha ) "purity" of the Sport, as long as the league is willing to allow radically altered ball fields, and manipulate the height of the pitchers mound for a desired outcome, an athlete should be able to, should he so desire, push himself BEYOND his genetic limitations, if that is indeed his desire...(I am not advocating full blown WWF style obvious Abuse....I mean look at HHH, the guy is 275, and shredded to the bone, ALL THE TIME....that is just not humanly possible....)....I am talking about Baseball as it currently exists....Frown on it perhaps, keep it under control, but really, why should it matter?