Originally Posted by dylanmarsh

Not to be the devil's advocate with these fine comments, but who are we to judge and condemn Bonds for what he's done to his body. He chose to put the "clear" and the "cream" on himself and, supposedly, as a result he was able to hit more homeruns. Who really cares?

Would you still have the same feeling towards a great leader if he plagerized most of his speeches to convey his message? What about a supermodel who takes a unhealthy dose of laxatives just to look better in the magazine? Perhaps Babe Ruth himself was not the same player unless he had a beer before the game and screwed some limbless whore; should his accomplishments have an asterik because all the other players of his time didn't have a Schiltz while going balls deep into Stumpy?

The media, as with everything, is the root of all evil in this mess. They hype the player, put unreal expectations on him, and then try to destroy him once he realizes those expectations. Baseball should have addressed steroids long ago but chose to sit back and regain its marketability after the 1994 strike.