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Roid Rage in the Hamptons? drivers are worse than him to ban A-Rod for life in July drivers? Let’s spread exchange for something like It’s August, which means some patience. Trust me, $10 million to Selig’s favorite that Roid Rage is about you’ll get to where you’re charity. If the ailing slugger to hit the Hamptons. Or going. is cut, Steinbrenner donates something like that. And the aforementioned $10 million, making back the Roid Rage is defined East End visitor who is millions still left on A-Rod’s as extremely aggressive waiting to hear from Major contract. or hostile behavior due League Baseball about The American public to steroid use. While only his latest punishment for has proven that they can one East End visitor—to his use of PEDs? As of this forgive someone for using my knowledge—has writing, he’s flirting with Barry Bonds’ homerun ball in the HoF steroids. Numerous articles actually admitted to steroid use, the end- suspension from the game for life, and he’ll get have been written about how steroids actually of-summer driving scene certainly exhibits what’s coming to him too. saved baseball in the mid-90s. We gave Lance otherwise. If I was Hal Steinbrenner, I’d be in MLB Armstrong the benefit of the doubt for well over Is it a scientifically proven fact that August Commish Bud Selig’s office right now, begging a decade, before the whole scandal blew up in his face again. We even have a sense of humor about it—Barry Bonds’ home run ball is in the Baseball Hall of Fame with an asterisk branded on it, courtesy of billionaire Marc Ecco who purchased the ball and then posed an online t poll asking the public what he should do with it. s Hurrican Mo tions e a What you can’t be forgiven for is lying about l l a Inst ithin 2 Shutters it. Multiple times. Subscribing to the deny-atw eks we all-costs school of thought only serves to make you seem like an even bigger jerk when you’re caught. One of the more interesting college assignments I had to complete was for a journalism class; it was to defend the more controversial side of a hot-button topic. We each picked our poison, and I went with “How Steroids Saved Baseball.” The concept is not that far-fetched. In 1994, players went on strike for a total of 232 games, cancelling the World Series for the first time in the modern era. The lost season was a culmination of years of player-management Retra ctable r e disputes, and attendance was even waning prior g r La Scree ns & New 8” to the lockout. Pergo 14’la Cov What lockouts tend to prove is that people n o i ers ct Proje don’t need the sport in their lives. Sure, diehards welcome it back. But regular Joe’s often become disenfranchised with the greed that seemingly permeates contract negotiations. After the lockout, game attendance continued its downward tailspin. Until the likes of Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr. and Greg Vaughn came along. The foursome finished with 50 or more homeruns, the most number of players to • GO Green...reduce air conditioning costs by 25% collectively achieve that stat in one season ever. Sosa and McGwire chased history during the • Sunesta® Awnings are custom made with over 200 fabric options available 1998 season, each neck-and-neck to beat Roger Maris’s single-season home run record of 61. • Block the sun, lower your energy costs & reduce indoor temperatures all at once Both did, though McGwire knocked 70 over the wall to Sosa’s 66. • Call us today for a free in-home estimate But for those who closely watched the action, don’t you feel cheated, even a little bit? Steroids are a modern-day prisoner’s dilemma. If everyone does them, those who don’t miss out—they’re not as strong; their bats aren’t as powerful. Since The rules for PEDs may not have been as cut1997 and-dry 15 years ago. But that’s certainly not the case today. Ryan Braun, who was suspended for 65 games, should have his 2012 MVP award taken away. And Alex Rodriguez should serve as an example of what can happen to repeat offenders who Call Carol or Bill Duffy mistakenly believe that they can coast through 888-awning-8 for a free estimate their career—breaking major rules and lying about it—unscathed. Wikipedia
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