Arroyo Flagged For Use Of Andro
Though not named yet, Bronson Arroyo has in public said that his name might be eventually related to the list of a hundred players who were flagged for use of substances like androstenedione.
Andro became a banned substance in 2004 by big league baseball, but Arroyo claims he had quit by that point. That Manny Ramirez tested positive came as a shock to no-one, as he had just lately come off a fifty game suspension for testing positive earlier in this season. It came more as a shock to fans and sports writers when Ortiz was implicated. He makes a plea to be surprised by the inclusion of his name on the list and isn’t making any official statements till after he will be able to consult with the MLB Players Union. Yet, even without proof, most gurus and previous players place the quantity of users in the peak of the steroid age to be in the 80 p.c range.
This makes for a fascinating quandary facing those sportswriters who identify the inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Some claimed to get 4-5 miles per hour more on their fastballs. Is that cheating or fair when batters are juicing up and hitting 50 home runs per year? Considering we are still having players test positive in 2009, that implies twenty years worth of records and career statistical data might be under suspicion. Maybe we’ll see folk like Barry Bonds still make it into the Hall of Fame.
Bonds is regarded by most analysts to once have been a sure inductee before he allegedly started using. But after this year’s inductees, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice, it’s tough to look into the future and say who will be included and who will get left out. Think about this, Mark McGwire has not come near to securing enough votes to be elected in his 2 years of suitability.
Yet he’s got a Newbie of the Year award, broke Roger Maris’ record, won a World Series, played in 12 All Star games, and finished 8th on the career slugging list and 9th on the career home runs list.
Also consider, McGwire hasn’t ever appeared on any list of positive tests for steroids like androstenedione. Was it worth the price of never making it to the Hall of Fame? Will Arroyo one day share the same fate?