http://blog.ctnews.com/yankees/2010/01/11/mcgwire-a-tragic-figure/ Short descriptive tagline Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:14:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.ctnews.com/yankees/2010/01/11/mcgwire-a-tragic-figure/#comment-100 Wee Man Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:36:02 +0000 http://blog.ctnews.com/yankees/?p=315#comment-100 Just to clarify the amazing tranaformation of steroids. One of the kids developed a severe case of acne on his body, and one also needed surgery twice to remove an enlargement of his breasts! " Stay off Drugs" Just to clarify the amazing tranaformation of steroids. One of the kids developed a severe case of acne on his body, and one also needed surgery twice to remove an enlargement of his breasts!
” Stay off Drugs”

]]> http://blog.ctnews.com/yankees/2010/01/11/mcgwire-a-tragic-figure/#comment-99 Wee Man Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:16:58 +0000 http://blog.ctnews.com/yankees/?p=315#comment-99 The bottom line here is there is way too much money to be made in professional sports, the owners and the athletes. If athletes were paid normal wages just like the rest of us, with say a salary cap of $100,000.00, no one would take drugs. There is too much incentive to use drugs when there are multi- million dollar contracts available. Back in the day' I used to work-out in a gym where "roids" were readily available. Every spring there were a few young kids who would "juice-up," The transformation of their bodies was amazing to watch. It usually took about 5 weeks to go from wimp to the "King of the Beach." In the Fall and Winter thet would go off the roids and shrink back down. The Hall of Fame just needs to cteate a separate catagory with an asterisk "The Steroid Era" The bottom line here is there is way too much money to be made in professional sports, the owners and the athletes.
If athletes were paid normal wages just like the rest of us, with say a salary cap of $100,000.00, no one would take drugs. There is too much incentive to use drugs when there are multi- million dollar contracts available.
Back in the day’ I used to work-out in a gym where “roids” were readily available. Every spring there were a few young kids who would “juice-up,” The transformation of their bodies was amazing to watch. It usually took about 5 weeks to go from wimp to the “King of the Beach.” In the Fall and Winter thet would go off the roids and shrink back down.
The Hall of Fame just needs to cteate a separate catagory with an asterisk “The Steroid Era”

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