Well It's Official...

Ok, I think the apocalypse may be coming.

First the NHL and the dumb lockout. A bunch of greedy owners versus a bunch of greedy players who couldn't figure out a way to share millions of dollars, what a sorry bunch. Now Major League Baseball and the whole steroid thing. Now these guys are making money too, lots of it. However they are cheating for that money, taking it from people who work hard all their lives to play baseball for a living.

I grew up playing and watching baseball and out of all the sports I love it the most. I once had a childhood dream to play pro. Obviously that didn't happen or the name of this blog would be something like The Slugger Speaks or something dumb. Now baseball is a sport that requires many different skills: speed, accuracy, hand-eye co-ordination, concentration and so on. When I was growing up and playing I wanted to do all those things to the best of my ability and there are guys playing AAA and AA that are doing the same, wanting a chance to play with the best. But steroids is taking the best away from the game.

Sure home-runs are exciting to see simply because of the awe of how big of a feat it actually is. I mean hitting a ball over 500 feet ain't easy by any stretch of the imagination. And to be able to do it all natural is astounding. Same with being able to push a car up a hill by yourself. But if you knew that I was doing it with a Mack truck it wouldn't be as cool would it?

There should be strict steroid testing in every sport. If there isn't there will always be the question looming over every athlete, "I wonder if he's on the juice..." Sports is something that is fun to watch because people can do amazing things, make amazing plays, but if they use steroids to do it doesn't that mean that anyone can do it?