Joshua Canabal H-U.S-History 11-1 Mr. Pineda May 12‚ 2011 Pros and Cons of Steroids in Sports Performing enhancement drugs has become a nation-wide debate for many sports journalists‚ reporters‚ and politicians. This ongoing debate has lasted for twenty years now and there are still many opinions to be assessed. Some experts may argue that steroids have a positive impact in sports and others disagree‚ but in reality they are both right. Steroids can make the game more exciting with athletes
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that McGwire and Sosa saved the game of baseball. Baseball stadiums were selling out every game and fans were buying merchandise more than ever before. Not long after that in 2001 Barry Bonds from the San Francisco Giants broke Mark McGwire’s record by hitting 73 homeruns in a single season. In August‚ 2007‚ Barry Bonds would go on to break the all-time homerun record set by the great Hank Aaron. Until December‚ 2007 major league baseball took a major blow. An investigation known as the Mitchell
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tweeted “Are people so naive they think cycling’s the only sport with a hidden past? Maybe it’s just the only sport where a hidden past’s come out.” Baseball‚ football‚ various other sports have athletes taking performance enhacing drugs‚ why doesn’t Barry Bonds’‚ or Mark McGuire’s have their reputation tarnished and dragged through the streets? All of Lance’s sponsors have dropped him‚ including: Trek Bikes‚ FRS‚ Nike‚ Anheuser-Busch‚ Oakley‚ and 24 Hour Fitness. To wrap it up‚ there’s been rumors of a
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Robert Partridge TR Composition II 2:00 22 November 2011 P.E.D.’s in M.L.B. Big muscles and performance enhancing drugs have changed the game of baseball forever. Performance enhancing substances‚ stimulants‚ and drugs of abuse are banned by Major League Baseball. According to the Los Angeles Times‚ there are a total of 58 substances‚ 30 stimulants‚ and 7 drugs of abuse that Major League Baseball has banned players from using. Performance enhancing drug usage was speculated as a problem‚ but
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flourishing. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa both went on to break Roger Maris’ long-standing record of 61 home runs that year‚ with totals of seventy and sixty-six home runs respectively. A few years later McGwire’s record of seventy was surpassed by one Barry Bonds who smacked 73 home runs in 2001. Players and teams throughout the league were shattering all kinds of records. Interest from the fans and offensive output by the players‚ in the historically numbers-driven game of baseball (baseball has a statistic
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Nick Setter Eng 102 MWF 11am 9/1/11 The Starting of a New Era in Baseball * I care about this issue because baseball is our national past time‚ and players are destroying that past time and their reputation towards younger baseball players. It matters to me because I grew up playing baseball and watching the “Steroid Era” happen‚ all the records that legendary players made are being broken by players on steroids. * Baseball fans of all ages care about the use of steroids. Younger baseball
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CHEMICAL BONDING MOKAN A/L VELAN (SCPNG0000019030) SANDEEP SINGH JASPREET SINGH TABLE OF CONTENT Contents IONIC BOND 2 METALLIC BOND 9 The "Sea of Electrons" Theory 14 Conductors‚ Insulators and Semiconductors 16 25 IONIC BOND Ionic bond is formed when electron transferred from a valence shell of an atom to the valence shell of another atom. Ionic bond involves electron transfer across two atoms. The atom which donates the electron is called cation which is a positive ion whereas
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Baseball players‚ some of the most competitive people on our planet. They will always find a way to be the best at their respective sport. Some players though such as Alex Rodriguez‚ Barry Bonds‚ Sammy Sosa and so on tried something that can take the fame and their good health away. They chose to take a substance called anabolic steroids. What’s the big deal people will say. Those people don’t understand though how it is taken‚ the small benefits it could give that player and huge negatives steroids
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Paul Merolla ENG 101 Yoshiaki Furui 12/13/12 Summary My letter to the Baseball Writers Association of America addresses the issue of the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball and the induction of accused players into the hall of fame. I argue that no player should be left out of the hall just because of steroids for several reasons. Unfortunately‚ steroids were a part of the culture of the game during the steroid era and it is about time that we accept that. Baseball
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SPORTDiscus. EBSCO. University of Minnesota Duluth Lib.‚ 22 Mar. 2010 . OConnor‚ Jason "Why Steroids Are Bad for Major League Baseball." Why Steroids Are Bad for Major League Baseball. 31 Oct. 2007. EzineArticles.com. 23 Mar. 2010 . Reilly‚ Rick. “Giving Barry his Due.” Sports Illustrated 23 July 2007: 76. SPORTDiscus. EBSCO. University of Minnesota Duluth Lib.‚ 23 Mar. 2010 . “Steroids Brought Fans to Stadium.” The News Record. 5 Oct. 2008 The News Record. 22 Mar. 2010 . Vass‚ George. “Hall of Fame’s Future
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