Alex Rodriguez

watch. Aren't you tired of steroid controversies taking the attention away from the actual sporting events? Well I sure am. If these distractions are removed from the highest stages of sports, the events will be more attractive to fans. Take Alex Rodriguez for example. The right handed hitting third baseman for the New York Yankees is one of the best pure hitters of all time. He was suspended 211 games by Major League Baseball due to the use of PED's and his attempt to evade the MLB and its…

Illegal Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs In Professional Sports and Competitions Even though some people believe that Performance Enhancing Drugs are beneficial to the users, PED 's have extremely bad consequences and should not be allowed in professional sports. Athletes use Performance Enhancing Drugs for short-term use whenever they compete in professional competitions. Competitors use these drugs in times of their athletic career to get an edge over other competitors. But these people…

Some beer companies sponsor racecar drivers, and when kids watch their role model drinking they will be encouraged to do so too. “If Alex Rodriguez can use steroids, then I can to be sure also to make it onto the baseball team,” is what kids are thinking. Lastly, when kids hear singers saying inappropriate words in their songs, they will want to follow in their footsteps to sound similar…

from other competition and others are expected to rise to that level. The famous Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez is a perfect example of this. When talking about why he used performance enhancing drugs, Rodriguez said, “I felt like I had all the weight of the world on top of me, and I needed to perform -- and perform at a high level -- every day.” Although it would have ended his career early, if Rodriguez were tested back when he was using, he would have never been able to put up the outstanding…

In this essay I will inform you about Performance Enhancing Drugs(PEDS) in sports, such as, Anabolic steroids, Human Growth Hormone(HGH), and Creatine. I will tell you about what it does to you like risks and how it is a PED. Steroids are the most common type of PEDS especially Anabolic Steroids, which are synthetic testosterone, which increases muscle mass. The risks for males are: prominent breasts, baldness, shrunken testicles, infertility, impotence, and prostate gland enlargement. Woman…

seeing players like Alex Rodriguez hit home run after home run. Garrett’s dad used to say that Alex Rodriguez was cheating, but I didn’t exactly know what he meant when he said that. He used to tell us that Alex Rodriguez used steroids, but at the time I wasn’t really sure what steroids were. I later found out that steroids are a kind of performance enhancing drug that are used to make people stronger and faster. I finally understood why Garrett’s dad used to say Alex Rodriguez was a cheater.…

I am still a strong believer that the single season homerun record belongs to Roger Maris, who in 1961’s season hit 61 home runs, and set a stage that has not been replicated with legitimacy, meaning without the aid of steroids and other PEDs. There was actually a movie created about Maris’s 1961 milestone, called 61* The three players that have broken Maris’s record were all on the influence and use of anabolic steroids (Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire). Sosa knocked sixty-six home…

Are taking performance enhancing drugs (PED’s) really worth the risk? This is a question many of athletes have to seriously ask themselves and weigh the consequences. Many athletes don’t ask actually themselves this question and just go and take these drugs. Some athletes don’t even get told that they are taking PED’s. Other cases involve team doctors recommending players to take these drugs, having no regard for the player's health. So the big question is should performance enhancing drugs be…

Alaniz 1 Baseball has been around for centuries. Baseball is also known as America’s pastime. Baseball was branched off from many different sports as in, stoolball, cricket, and cat and dog. Some may ask “what is cat and dog, and what does it have to do with baseball?” Cat and dog is a game that was originated in Scotland where a piece of wood called cat, is thrown at a hole in the ground while another player tries to defend the hole with a stick called a dog. Odd, but interesting. Cricket on…

Drugs have became a unfortunate constant problem in baseball. Hall of fame players such as Mike Piazza, Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire are just some of the names that used PEDs. Other notable players that have taken PEDS consist of Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, and Sammy Sosa. These substances have put a stain on baseball. There's a reason there is a era that is called the "steroid era" I call Barry Bonds "The Fake Dinger King" because of the fact that he used those substances. If you look at…