Published 2/19/2008
by Daniel Latzman
at Bleacher Report - MLB
One thing we have learned from the performance enhancing drug era of pro sports in America today is that if you admit your guilt, you can be forgiven. A plethora of athletes, in both Major League Baseball and the NFL, have been caught cheating over the past few years. Many, if not most, of the abusers’ identities have been either forgotten or simply disregarded by fans and the media. The two greatest baseball players of the modern era, slugger Barry Bonds and ace pitcher Roger Clemens, have been caught using performance enhancing drugs. Both men went in front of a congressional committee, and under oath, claimed to have never used PED. Bonds was indicted by the federal government on perjury charges after the revelation of positive drug tests in 2003 contradicted his testimony. Without a miracle or some nifty legal work, Barry Bonds will forever be known as the king of the steroid era. His image and reputation are tarnished forever. Mark McGwire, ...
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