Opinion on the Use of Steriods in Baseball
Opinion on the Use of Steriods in Baseball
In professional sports athletes are trying to gain and advantage on their opponents all the time, especially in baseball. Many professional baseball players take muscle enhancers and weight gainers to improve their game. The athletes that are really trying to get an edge on their opponents may resort to steroids. Baseball players should not be allowed to use steroids or muscle enhancers because, it gives them too much power, they have a better advantage over the other players, and it can cause major health risks.
Baseball players that turn to creatine are having a bigger advantage over the other athletes in the major leagues. The player’s strength created by taking creatine is allowing them to hit much better. Their batting averages are rising enormously and they are hitting more homeruns then usual. Today there are many more homeruns then there were five years ago. This is basically because nobody really knew about creatine back then. Now that the baseball players have turn to creatine the teams are scoring more runs in the games, and the players are taking away the reel feel of the game. “ Many athletes are currently supplementing their diets with creatine to increase their strength, muscle mass, and weight by providing their bodies with more available energy, thus reaching new heights in athletic ability” (The Purpose of Creatine). Athletes who are taking creatine are becoming much larger in all areas on the playing field, whether it’s hitting, fielding, or there speed. Since they are taking creatine they are becoming phenomenal players and get all acknowledgements by the fans. The truth is that they are not becoming great players by doing work they are becoming star players by using creatine. Therefore using supplements such as creatine should be banned from baseball.
Taking steroids or muscle enhancers can cause very harmful health risks. Athletes think that if they take these products they will become better players without any problems. Many people can suffer severe side effects from taking steroids or creatine. Steroids may cause small side effects, but a major side effect if you take steroids is, you could suffer s heart attack. “Anabolic steroids cause heart attacks, myocardial infarction, and stoke, which can result in death” (Nelson 54). If a player chooses to take steroids they need to realize there are so many health risks and side effects. The selected baseball players...