I can understand why Rose is banned, but I don’t understand why Bonds is banned. Everybody was using steroids when he was using them. He just got caught.
He used them A LOT! Plus, he was basically an asshole.
“He just got caught.”
Nope. Barry Bonds was never officially suspended by Major League Baseball for a positive steroid test, but he was found guilty of obstruction of justice in a federal case related to the BALCO steroid scandal, though the conviction was later overturned. So they literally have nothing other than the news writer’s opinion on any of it. And they went after Bonds big time and were made fools trying to get him. It’s not his use that kept him out. It’s the writer’s vanity.
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Frank Thomas wasn’t using steroids.
I can understand why Rose is banned, but I don’t understand why Bonds is banned. Everybody was using steroids when he was using them. He just got caught.
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Pete Rose’s bets on baseball did not impact the outcome of a single game. He should’ve been in the Hall of Fame years ago. By contrast, what Barry Bonds did impacted every single game he played in. Roger Clemens is a little more nuanced. He pitched for about 15 years where he clearly did not use steroids. When he did use steroids, the purpose of his use of the steroids was to heal up injuries.
And the use of steroids can be blamed entirely on the attitude of MLB, as a whole.
Homeruns put butts in the seats.
Look the other way on steroids and juice the ball.