It's appalling because he bet against his team as a manager not a player. Having the Georgia Peach a wife beater, murder, and racist immortalized forever is fine though.
This is what annoys me the most. If Ortiz gets into the HOF before first of all Edgar Martinez. And second of all before all the other "cheaters". Baseball is completely f***ed and the HOF is not worth anyone's time. I wouldn't even pay attention to it.
You're looking at a best case scenario situation. Steroids is not a slam dunk guarentee to keep you healthy. You're also not suppose to take anything like that for long periods of time. Even on protein shakes it will tell you don't exceed usage past 8 weeks. If we are talking about the good products and not the crap with a bunch of fillers. It's not good for your body. Science proves it ages your muscles. Your body adjusts to things as well. It wouldn't have the same effect.
Bottom line no doubt steroids is beneficial. But Alex Rodriguez is not Alex Rodriguez because of steroids.
A-Rod is a Legend. Steroids dont give you Baseball skills. They help with recovery so you work out and build muscle at an accelerated rate. The process of building muscle is breaking them down and building them up stronger. Its basically a short cut. You can't just take steroids and sit on your couch and eat Doritos. Hard work is required.
It's similar to taking protein shakes. If you take those everyday without getting your heart rate up and working hard its going to make you fat. You're changing your body mass. I try to explain this to my little brother. He takes protein shakes way to much now hes got titties and a chubby waistline.
Every generation found a way to "cheat" or what I like to call a competitive advantage to get better. I think its ******** to vilify the Steroid era. When we use to have pitchers who doctored Baseball's.
There is no substance in the world that can make you good at Baseball. Its skillset you learn and develop. The only thing steroids can do is make you stronger and recover faster. It's cheating but lets stop pretending these guys aren't elite talent.