Pro Baseball-where Has It Gone?

[BigCracker]

I'm not sure if this vid link has been posted here before, but I thought it was pretty good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A0FS90-t-8

 

[justinjones1963]

excellent video - I loved the transition from the old days to the new days...

I used to love Base Ball as a kid, now I never watch it. Then again I'm on AAS now and I prefer boxing lol

 

[jerol]

excellent video - I loved the transition from the old days to the new days...

I used to love Base Ball as a kid, now I never watch it. Then again I'm on AAS now and I prefer boxing lol

Someone's watching... Baseball set an all-time attendance record this year.

Just because you put up black and white pictures, doesn't mean it was better "back in the old days". In fact, black and white were the only colors allowed on the field back then... oh wait, there weren't even black players until the mid 1940s... With the influx of Latin and Asian players, I would maintain that Baseball, today, is one of the most competitive and cosmopolitan sports in the world.

Performance enhancing drugs are used in every major sport... every one. Understand one thing about the steroid "scandal" in Baseball: it was entirely motivated by politics. Its a hot-button issue and it gets middle America scared by dangling the "what about the children" threat over our heads. It was a great way for politicians in Congress to get their faces on TV. Never mind the fact that there was no science whatsoever behind their rhetoric.

Here's a nice exercise: what prescription drug in adult doses is safe for kids to take? Should children take beta-blockers? blood pressure medication? Insulin? Blood thinners? Pain killers? Sleeping pills? Thyroid replacement? Anti-cholesterol meds? Antacids? Yet our Congress held hearings on steroids in the name of saving our children from the "horrors" of steroid use.

I would assert that far more kids find -- and take -- their parents' pain and anxiety meds ... or drink their alcohol... or smoke their cigarettes. All of these substances can kill you. The first three can kill you from a single (mis) use. Steroids can't.

Yes, Baseball went through a period where the power numbers were inflated. Yes, those numbers don't mean as much. Who cares? The pitching mound used to be 6 inches taller until the late 1960's too. Then Bob Gibson posted a 1.12 ERA for a season and the powers that be decided that he had too much of an advantage with the higher mound and decided to lower it. That's fair... does that mean that all the pitching numbers from pre-1969 should be disregarded (now that the hitters have an advantage)?

The history of baseball is replete with stories of players doing things to give them an advantage. Performance enhancers are just another part of that legacy.

-J

 

[BigCracker]

Someone's watching... Baseball set an all-time attendance record this year.

Just because you put up black and white pictures, doesn't mean it was better "back in the old days". In fact, black and white were the only colors allowed on the field back then... oh wait, there weren't even black players until the mid 1940s... With the influx of Latin and Asian players, I would maintain that Baseball, today, is one of the most competitive and cosmopolitan sports in the world.

Performance enhancing drugs are used in every major sport... every one. Understand one thing about the steroid "scandal" in Baseball: it was entirely motivated by politics. Its a hot-button issue and it gets middle America scared by dangling the "what about the children" threat over our heads. It was a great way for politicians in Congress to get their faces on TV. Never mind the fact that there was no science whatsoever behind their rhetoric.

Here's a nice exercise: what prescription drug in adult doses is safe for kids to take? Should children take beta-blockers? blood pressure medication? Insulin? Blood thinners? Pain killers? Sleeping pills? Thyroid replacement? Anti-cholesterol meds? Antacids? Yet our Congress held hearings on steroids in the name of saving our children from the "horrors" of steroid use.

I would assert that far more kids find -- and take -- their parents' pain and anxiety meds ... or drink their alcohol... or smoke their cigarettes. All of these substances can kill you. The first three can kill you from a single (mis) use. Steroids can't.

Yes, Baseball went through a period where the power numbers were inflated. Yes, those numbers don't mean as much. Who cares? The pitching mound used to be 6 inches taller until the late 1960's too. Then Bob Gibson posted a 1.12 ERA for a season and the powers that be decided that he had too much of an advantage with the higher mound and decided to lower it. That's fair... does that mean that all the pitching numbers from pre-1969 should be disregarded (now that the hitters have an advantage)?

The history of baseball is replete with stories of players doing things to give them an advantage. Performance enhancers are just another part of that legacy.

-J

I agree 100%. It just seems like pro sports used to be more about the game and less about 7 figure/yr contracts. Personally, I haste all pro sports except MMA-so I couldn't care less.

As far as our kids go, I recently heard a Dr on TV say that in 10 yrs we'll rarely hear of illegal drugs being a problem cause gen x will all be hooked on RX meds (that they began using by dipping into their parent's stash).

 

[MegaDesel]

I agree 100%. It just seems like pro sports used to be more about the game and less about 7 figure/yr contracts. Personally, I haste all pro sports except MMA-so I couldn't care less.


agree, but can you not see there point! seven figure contract, well lets just say that would be mine main concern for sure.

As far as our kids go, I recently heard a Dr on TV say that in 10 yrs we'll rarely hear of illegal drugs being a problem cause gen x will all be hooked on RX meds (that they began using by dipping into their parent's stash).

This is so true!

 

[Mr.X]

video uses too many media hyped stereotypes - so they use steroids? so do most other pro sports....