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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written by Lynda Barry‚ appeared in The New York Times in January‚ 1992. The article mainly focuses on the importance of art‚ schools‚ and teachers‚ which exerts a great influence on changing the lives of neglected children. In the beginning‚ the narrator uses her personal experience to show her depressed feeling as an unnoticed child living in the unhappy home. Then the narrator depicts detailedly about walking in the darkness and her feeling while she is on her way to school. However‚ Barry shifts her
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Roger Clemens or “the Rocket” was one of the best pitchers in baseball. He played for four teams including the Boston Red Sox‚ Toronto Blue Jays‚ New York Yankees‚ and Houston Astros. He played 4916 innings in his twenty-four year career. He has the most Cy Young Awards out of any player and has the third most strikeouts in the history of the sport. After all of his success he was on the path to having his name in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Although with every strong career comes large
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Barry Bonds is a legendary baseball player. He was born and raised in Riverside California where he decided he wanted to become a professional baseball player. His father Bobby Bonds was a former Major league Giants outfielder. When Barry Bonds was in high school he also played basketball and volleyball while still exceeding in baseball. Bonds attended Arizona State University as a baseball player while achieving his major in criminology‚ which is a little ironic. After college Bonds was drafted
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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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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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“Lost in the Kitchen” Dave Barry In Dave Barry’s essay "Lost in the Kitchen" Barry shares his opinion on sexual equality through a personal experience with his family on Thanksgiving. In the conclusion paragraph a point is made that before women’s liberation‚ men took care of the cars and women took care of the kitchen. Now after women’s liberation‚ men no longer feel obligated to take care of the cars. By this‚ Barry is meaning to say that before women’s liberation‚ women had their specific‚ "feminine"
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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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Final Draft Daniel Portillo University of Phoenix Res/110 Alberto Sbrizzi MU09UC06 February 10‚ 2010 Introduction The use of steroids in amateur and professional sports has been present since the 1950’s. Did you know that Major League Baseball was the first sports organization to implement a comprehensive drug testing policy? This policy launched because of the findings of a bottled substance of androstendione a form of steroids in Mark McGwire’s locker. Unfortunately at this
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In 1995‚ Barry Minkow was released from prison for good behavior. During his eight-year prison term‚ he earned advanced degrees from Liberty University in divinity. He also became a fraud investigator. The FBI used Barry as an informant because of his knowledge of fraudulent practices and journalist enlisted him to provide tips. Even though Barry claimed that God was the reason for his early release from prison and transformation‚ it was most likely because he was so helpful to the FBI (Lewis
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