"Chikhalidwe cha steroid ... biceps kuphulika, zifuwa zometedwa ndi matako." - Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated.
Monga Michael Vick, Barry Bonds posachedwa ayamba kugulitsa yunifolomu yake kuti agwirizane ndi ndende ya Yankee-esque pinstripe - ngakhale, mwina popanda kutsimikizira pang'ono.
Koma sindidzanama. Monga wosewera wakale komanso wotsatira wokhulupirika wakale waku America wakale, ndizomvetsa chisoni kuwona osewera (ogwira ntchito) akukwapulidwa Mitch ndi lipoti lovomerezeka la MLB pa The Steroid Era, pomwe ochita masewera a baseball amalandila chithandizo cha T-ball kid-glove chifukwa cha kulakwa kwawo. kulimbikitsa malo ogwiritsira ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo, monga ngati kafukufuku wa Abu Ghraib.
M'malo mwake, Lipoti la Mitchell limakumbutsanso za kuwululidwa kwaposachedwa kwa CIA - kuwulula kwapoyera kwa "miyala yabanja". Panthawiyo, ndidalemba za kukhala ndi malingaliro okhumudwa omwewo pomwe Geraldo adaphwanya chipinda cha Al Capone pa TV yamoyo: Ndi choncho?! Monga Yogi adanena: ndi dรฉjร vu, mobwerezabwereza.
Zachidziwikire, atatsutsidwa ndi owerenga ena kuti akusewera "khadi lothamanga" (chilichonse chomwe chikutanthauza chiyani) pofunsa kukwiya kosankha komwe akuwunjikiridwa pamutu wokulirapo wa Barry Bonds m'zaka zapitazi, zidzakhala zosangalatsa kuwona kuyankha kwa mamiliyoni. a Bond-haters mpaka kukula kwa asterrick kwa Roger Clemens.
Ngakhale kuti zingakhale zosasangalatsa kwa "colorblind," katswiri wa masewera a David Zirin adathamanga kunyumba ndi maganizo ake pa sayansi ya "Rocket" yomwe ili mu lipoti la masamba 409.
"Lipoti la Mitchell limatsimikizira osati zongopeka chabe za Clemens, komanso kukhalapo kwa kukondera kwapa TV komanso kuwirikiza kawiri. Ngakhale kuti nthawi zisanu ndi ziwiri MVP Barry Bonds adagwidwa ndi makala amoto kwa zaka zambiri, Clemens adapeza pass. azaka za m'ma 40, wina wakuda ndi wina woyera, ali ndi njira ziwiri zosiyana kwambiri zochitira zinthu.
Phil Taylor wa SI.com akuvomereza mfundoyi: "Mayina omwe ali mu lipoti la Mitchell akutsimikizira zomwe oteteza Bonds akhala akunena nthawi yonseyi, kuti ngati adagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala owonjezera mphamvu, ali ndi makampani ambiri, ndipo sichilungamo kukhala wosakwatiwa. anaonetsa kuti zimene anachitazo zinali zodetsedwa pamene osewera mpira anzake ambiri analinso kugwiritsa ntchito.
Koma ndinena izi kwa osewera a baseball - ndikutanthauza, ma purists: chilakolako chawo ndichabwino. M'dziko la Yeatsian momwe "opambana alibe kukhudzika konse, pomwe oipitsitsa ali odzaza ndi chidwi," ndikwabwino kuwona mtundu wotere wa kukhudzika kwa kukhulupirika kwa mwambo.
Tsopano, ngati kokha tingakhoze mwanjira ina kubayikira njira zimenezo mu ndale za thupi, ife tikanati tifike kwinakwake. Pali zina ziwiri zochititsa manyazi za steroid zomwe zikuyambika ndipo zonsezi ndizofunikira kwambiri ku thanzi la dziko.
Kodi tsunami yopanda kubera ili kuti chifukwa cha mlandu womwe waperekedwa posachedwa ndi anthu aku Iraq omwe adaphedwa pomwe ogwira ntchito ku Blackwater USA adawombera anthu wamba pa Nisoor Square ku Baghdad pa Sept. 16?
Dandaulo Loyamba Lokonzedwanso lomwe linaperekedwa milungu iwiri yapitayo likuti: "Blackwater nthawi zambiri amatumiza 'owombera' okhala ndi zida zamphamvu m'misewu ya Baghdad podziwa kuti mpaka 25 peresenti ya iwo amakhudzidwa ndi mankhwala a steroid kapena zinthu zina zosintha chiweruzo, ndipo amalephera kutero. achitepo kanthu kuti asiye ndikuyesa kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo."
Kulembera Wired, a Noah Shachtman amabweretsa chithunzi chenicheni cha 'roid' momveka bwino, poyerekeza ndi MLB ndi vuto la Pentagon: "Kugwiritsa ntchito kwa asitikali athu pagulu lankhondo lachinsinsi kwasanduka chizoloลตezi chomwe chikufanana ndi kuchuluka kwa othamanga kutembenukira kuzinthu zopanga kuti apite patsogolo. " Monga momwe ma steroids amathandizira othamanga kuti athe kumenya mpira mopitilira, Shachtman akutsutsa, "momwemonso walowetsa oposa 160,000 ankhondo apadera ku Iraq."
Shachtman akuwonetsanso zomwe ziyenera kuwonekera kwa wowonera wamba: "Kupititsa patsogolo ntchito kwakanthawi kochepa kumabwera pamtengo." Zotsatira za ntchito zankhondo "zachititsa kuti mabiliyoni ambiri akusowa ndalama za okhometsa misonkho, asitikali athamangitsidwa ndi gulu lankhondo laling'ono, ndi makontrakitala 'Kuthana ndi Kuphana," monga momwe lipoti laposachedwa lamakampani lidaperekedwa. ."
"Kodi timangovomereza Bonds (Clemens) ndi Blackwater ngati tsogolo? Kapena, kodi tiyika 'asterisk' pambali ya nthawi yaposachedwa ndikulamuliranso zizolowezi zathu?"
Kenako, pa Tsiku la Pearl Harbor, New York Daily News inatulutsa bomba limeneli.
"NYPD brass ikuganiza zolowa nawo m'gulu lamasewera odziwika bwino ndikupatsa apolisi mayeso a anabolic steroids mwachisawawa ...
Malipoti ngati amenewa akupezeka m'dziko lonselo.
Pakhoza kukhala "palibe kulira mu baseball," koma pakakhala kulira kwambiri komanso kulira kwa akatswiri ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi a steroid pamabwalo othamanga ndiye kuti pali apolisi odumphira ndi omenyera anzawo omwe akungoyendayenda m'mabwalo ankhondo omwe moyo wa owonera umakhala. omwe ali pachiwopsezo kuposa omwe akutenga nawo mbali, ndi tsiku lachisoni.
Sean Gonsalves ndi wolemba nkhani komanso mkonzi wa nkhani ndi Cape Cod Times.
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