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| Major League Baseball has been ridden with | | | | Before Caminiti, only a few articles had been |
| steroids as of late and you can't help but wonder | | | | published about steroid use in MLB, but afterwards |
| why this hasn't been taken care of sooner. You | | | | there were hundreds being written. Other famous |
| rarely hear about major steroid abuse in the NBA, | | | | steroid scandals involved Jason Giambi and Barry |
| NFL, NHL or any other major sport. This doesn't | | | | Bonds. They both told Grand Jury's that their |
| mean that it is not happening in other sports, but | | | | trainers had given them the supplements to help |
| it is not nearly as rampant. One reason why MLB | | | | with arthritis and other locker room ailments. |
| has had so much attention on it is because it was | | | | One of the most ironic parts about all of these |
| one of the last major sports organizations to | | | | scandals is that it helped revive national attention |
| start implementing a drug testing policy. Mark | | | | for one of the nation's oldest sports. Baseball |
| McGwire was one of the first to give hints that | | | | sales have continued to increase ever since all the |
| steroid supplementation was going on. | | | | recent happenings have come to light. Home run |
| Androstendione, was found in his locker which can | | | | records continue to be shattered, and more and |
| convert chemicals into extra testosterone. This | | | | more people are watching to see the big hitters |
| brought around a lot of questions since this was | | | | at bat. Steroids are not the only reason for this. |
| the same year that he made his record run on | | | | Training and nutritional habits have improved over |
| home runs. He retired shortly after the season, | | | | the years and athletes are in better shape than |
| but rumors were now all abuzz about steroid use | | | | ever before. But steroids are definitely a part of |
| in the locker room. | | | | the new "homer friendly" ballparks. |
| Not too long after all of this went down, another | | | | Despite all the upcoming evidence of steroids |
| player named Ken Caminiti told sports illustrated | | | | being used in baseball, it is apparent that they will |
| that he had in face been using steroids during his | | | | stay around as long as players are not getting |
| career and that more than half of the players in | | | | caught. There still is no fool proof system for |
| the league were guilty of it. Jose Canseco was | | | | finding out who is using them and who is not. |
| another person that helped to raise speculation on | | | | More and more players are confessing after their |
| other players using steroids. He admitted that he | | | | careers end, but it will be a while before it is all |
| used them and accused many other players of | | | | contained. |