Baseball Drug Enhancement Article.

[IcyPatriot]

Very good article that if nothing else at least gives the casual fan something to think about.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/opinion/20chafets.html?_r=1

Since the dawn of baseball, players have used whatever substances they believed would help them perform better, heal faster or relax during a long and stressful season. As far back as 1889, the pitcher Pud Galvin ingested monkey testosterone

In 1961, during his home run race with Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle developed a sudden abscess that kept him on the bench. It came from an infected needle used by Max Jacobson, a quack who injected Mantle with a home-brew containing steroids and speed.