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Since Bonds might be the world's most stubborn superstar, however, he may well stick by his "I'm playing" pledge. Forget about the indictment. Forget about fact that he has nothing left to prove, that he might be the greatest hitter of all time, in spite of the steroid allegations. And that he's made more than enough money to pay his legal bills. No, Bonds knows that if he just stepped aside and fought his trial, too many people, like commissioner Bud Selig, would rejoice. So he'll try to stay...
...What's more, with George Mitchell's report on baseball's sordid steroid history due out by the end of the year, the owners wouldn't be dumb enough to toss another scandal into the off-season mix, right? "Hopefully, baseball has learned its lesson from the past," says Karcher. "From a business perspective, they're doing so well from so many different standpoints, I'd just be surprised if collusion would take place." But remember, we're talking about baseball here, where there's always room for another botched play...
...Unfortunately, I think it’s still fairly prevalent, steroid usage, maybe not so much the old steroids that guys were using that can be tested for,” John says. “It’s one of those things—I’ve heard stories but I haven’t witnessed anything...
...doesn’t offend my sports-fan sensitivities that athletes are resorting to every possible means to success, and it shouldn’t offend yours either. That’s their job. If anything, it should make you feel closer to your favorite athlete. The pervasiveness of steroid use reminds us of something we too often forget about professional athletes: They’re only human...
...When you approach the steroid issue from the standpoint of incentives, the real moral of the story is that athletes are just like us. The same way we all jeopardize our health up by staying up late to study, athletes are willing to do whatever it takes to be successful. And just like many of us work so hard because this what the Goldmans and the McKinseys want, athletes will say this is what their fans, their coaches, and their teammates want. Combine these more abstract incentives with the fact that there are millions of dollars on the line...