Reply #49: Steroids are performance enhancers

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Babe Ruth indulged in alcohol and was a bigtime womanizer. Neither drinking or womanizing has been shown to enhance one's ability to hit a baseball. Actually, it probably detracts from that ability.

But if Ruth or anyone else in baseball is shown to have used performance enhancers, they should get the same treatment.

Using steroids cuts to the integrity of the game. It poses the same risk to baseball as gambling -- because fans will turn it off if they think the fix is in.