Mike's Letter to the Editor
You know I couldn't let the sanctimonious Bonds editorial in my local paper yesterday stand unchallenged:
There is zero scientific evidence that steroids actually enhance baseball performance. In fact, University of California Professor Emeritus of Economics Art De Vany has proven pretty conclusively that Barry Bonds' recent exploits are consistent with the variation experienced by other great home run hitters throughout baseball history. The same is true of home runs in general.
Evidence aside, I'll answer the ridiculously sanctimonious question from your May 4 editorial. Players who took steroid sought the same advantages we all seek with enhancements such as Viagra, botox, breast implants, hair transplants, Rogaine, nose jobs, diet pills, SAT sample tests (i.e., cheating), resume "building" (i.e., lying), , creative accounting (i.e., stealing), etc., etc. We do what it takes to get more money and power. You glorify athletes when you expect them to act differently despite being in the most cut-throat of all businesses. Athletes aren't heroes, but merely people.
And don't feel sorry for Roger Maris. His teammate Jim Bouton documented the widespread use of illegal amphetamines in his Yankees clubhouse decades ago in his book, "Ball Four."
Michael Salfino
Rutherford, May 4
There is zero scientific evidence that steroids actually enhance baseball performance. In fact, University of California Professor Emeritus of Economics Art De Vany has proven pretty conclusively that Barry Bonds' recent exploits are consistent with the variation experienced by other great home run hitters throughout baseball history. The same is true of home runs in general.
Evidence aside, I'll answer the ridiculously sanctimonious question from your May 4 editorial. Players who took steroid sought the same advantages we all seek with enhancements such as Viagra, botox, breast implants, hair transplants, Rogaine, nose jobs, diet pills, SAT sample tests (i.e., cheating), resume "building" (i.e., lying), , creative accounting (i.e., stealing), etc., etc. We do what it takes to get more money and power. You glorify athletes when you expect them to act differently despite being in the most cut-throat of all businesses. Athletes aren't heroes, but merely people.
And don't feel sorry for Roger Maris. His teammate Jim Bouton documented the widespread use of illegal amphetamines in his Yankees clubhouse decades ago in his book, "Ball Four."
Michael Salfino
Rutherford, May 4
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