"Isiko lama-steroid ... ama-biceps aqhuma, isifuba esiphuciwe nezinqe zithambile." - UTom Verducci, I-Sports Illustrated.
NjengoMichael Vick, u-Barry Bonds kungenzeka maduze ukuthi ahwebe ngenyufomu yakhe ukuze afane ne-pinstripe yejele laseYankee-esque - nokho, mhlawumbe ngaphandle kwesilinganiso esincane sokuqinisekisa.
Kodwa ngeke ngiqambe amanga. Njengomuntu owake waba ngumlandeli webhola othembekile wesikhathi esidlule esikhulu saseMelika, kuyadabukisa ukubona abadlali (abasebenzi) beshaywa uMitch ngombiko osemthethweni we-MLB nge-The Steroid Era, kuyilapho abadlali be-baseball bethola ukwelashwa kwe-T-ball kid-glove ngenxa yokuba necala kwabo. ukukhuthaza indawo elungele izidakamizwa, efana nophenyo olusemthethweni luka-Abu Ghraib.
Eqinisweni, uMbiko kaMitchell usikhumbuza okunye ukudalulwa okusemthethweni kwakamuva - ukwethulwa komphakathi kweCIA "kwamatshe ayigugu omndeni." Ngaleso sikhathi, ngabhala ngokushiywa nomuzwa ofanayo wokudangala enganginawo lapho uGeraldo egqekeza igumbi le-Al Capone ku-TV ebukhoma: Yilokho kuphela?! Njengoba uYogi eshilo: i-dรฉjร vu, iphinde futhi.
Yiqiniso, njengoba abanye abafundi bemangalelwe ngokudlala "ikhadi lomjaho" (noma ngabe lokho kusho ukuthini) ngokubuza intukuthelo ekhethiwe enqwabelaniswa kuBarry Bonds ekhanda elikhulisiwe phakathi neminyaka edlule, kuzothakazelisa ukubona impendulo yezigidi. yama-Bond-haters ukuya ekukhuleni kwe-asterick ka-Roger Clemens.
Nakuba kungase kungathandeki ku-"colorblind," umhlaziyi wezemidlalo uDavid Zirin ushaye into ecokeme ngokuthatha kwakhe isayensi ye-"The Rocket" equkethwe embikweni wamakhasi angu-409.
"Umbiko kaMitchell awuqinisekisi izinsolo ngoClemens kuphela, kodwa futhi nokuba khona kokuchema okwedlulele kwabezindaba kanye nezinga eliphindwe kabili. Nakuba i-MVP Barry Bonds izikhathi eziyisikhombisa ihlukunyezwa amalahle okuqagela iminyaka, uClemens wathola iphasi. Abadlali ababili, bobabili abavelele. abaneminyaka engu-40, oyedwa omnyama nomhlophe, onezindlela ezimbili ezihluke ngokuphelele zokuphathwa. Akudingi u-Al Sharpton ukwenza izibalo zamasiko."
UPhil Taylor we-SI.com uyavuma leli phuzu: โAmagama asembikweni we-Mitchell aqinisekisa lokho abebelokhu bekusho abavikeli be-Bonds, ukuthi uma eke wasebenzisa izidakamizwa ezithuthukisa ukusebenza, wayenezinkampani eziningi, nokuthi akulungile ukungashadi. uveze izinto azifezile njengezingcolile ngesikhathi abadlali bebhola abaningi akanye nabo bengabasebenzisi. Namuhla, ukuzwa isisindo salawo magama angama-80 nangaphezulu, kunzima ukuphikisa lelo phuzu."
Kodwa ngizokusho lokhu kuma-baseball puritans - ngisho, ama-purists: uthando lwabo luyathandeka. Ezweni lase-Yeatian lapho "okungcono kakhulu kungabikho konke ukuqiniseka, kuyilapho okubi kakhulu kugcwele umfutho ovuthayo," kuhle ukubona lolo hlobo lwentshiseko yobuqotho besiko.
Manje, uma nje singajova lezo zifo ngandlela thize emzimbeni wezepolitiki, ngabe sifika ndawana thize. Kukhona amanye amahlazo amabili e-steroid afufusayo futhi womabili abaluleke kakhulu empilweni yesizwe.
Iphi i-tsunami yokuziphatha engakohlisi ngemuva kwesimangalo esisanda kufakwa ngabakwa-Iraqis ababulawa ngesikhathi izisebenzi zase-Blackwater USA zivulela ngenhlamvu kuzakhamuzi e-Nisoor Square e-Baghdad ngoSepthemba 16?
Isikhalazo Sokuqala Esichitshiyelwe esifakwe emasontweni amabili edlule sithi: "I-Blackwater ivamise ukutshala 'abadubuli' abahlome kakhulu emigwaqweni yase-Baghdad ngokwazi ukuthi abangamaphesenti angaba ngu-25 babo bathonywa amakhemikhali noma ezinye izinto ezishintsha ukwahlulela, futhi bayehluleka thatha izinyathelo ezisebenzayo zokumisa futhi uhlole ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa."
Ebhalela i-Wired, uNoah Shachtman uletha isithombe sangempela 'se-roid sibonakale ngokucacile, eqhathanisa ne-MLB nenkinga evamile ye-Pentagon: "Ukusebenzisa kwamasosha ethu embonini yezempi yangasese sekuphenduke umlutha ohambisana nokuphendukela kwabasubathi ezintweni zokwenziwa ukuze baye phambili. " Njengoba nje ama-steroid enika abasubathi ikhono lokuqhubeka nokushaya ibhola, u-Shachtman uyaphikisana, "kanjalo futhi usefake osonkontileka abazimele abangaphezu kwe-160,000 e-Iraq."
U-Shachtman uphinde abonise lokho okufanele kubonakale ngisho nakumuntu obukele nje: "ukuthuthukiswa kokusebenza kwesikhathi esifushane kuza ngezindleko." Imiphumela engemihle yokukhishwa kwemisebenzi yamasosha "iholele emiphumeleni efana nokuthi izinkulungwane zezigidi zamaRandi zilahlekile emalini yabakhokhi bentela, amasosha axoshwa embuthweni wezempi omncane, kanye nosonkontileka 'Babalekela Ukubulala,' njengoba umbiko wakamuva mayelana nemboni wawunesihloko. ."
"Ingabe sivele samukele ama-Bond (Clemens) kanye ne-Blackwater njengekusasa? Noma, sizobeka 'inkanyezi' ngaphandle kwenkathi yakamuva bese sibusa emuva emiluthweni yethu?"
Khona-ke, ngoSuku lwePearl Harbour, i-Daily News yaseNew York yakhipha leli bhomu.
"I-NYPD brass icabanga ukujoyina iqembu lezemidlalo futhi inikeze amaphoyisa ukuhlolwa okungahleliwe kwe-anabolic steroids ... Lesi siphakamiso siza ngemuva kokuthi amaphoyisa angama-27 e-NYPD eveze ohlwini lwamakhasimende ekhemisi laseBrooklyn kanye nodokotela abathathu abaxhumene ne-pro sports steroid ring."
Imibiko efanayo ivela ezweni lonke.
Kungase kube "kungabikho ukukhala ku-baseball," kodwa uma kune-hue-and-cry eyengeziwe mayelana nezihlabani zezemidlalo ezisebenzisa i-steroid emikhakheni yezokusubatha bese kuba namaphoyisa ahlutshiwe kanye nama-mercenaries azimele azulazula ezinkundleni zempilo yangempela lapho izimpilo zababukeli zikhona. abasengozini kakhulu kunababambiqhaza, wusuku oludabukisayo.
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