Everyone is up in arms after the Mitchell Report, and I can understand this. But people keep scratching their heads about why steroid/PED use in Baseball is more of a media issue than it is in Football, where Pro Bowl caliber players like Rodney Harrison and Shawne Merriman have been caught and suspended within the past year-plus.
It's simple. How many tackles did Harrison have last year? How close is he to the NFL record for interceptions or tackles? What about Merriman? And what are the hallowed records they are chasing? Of course you don't know this - not without looking it up. But we know all about records and milestones in baseball. 755/763 Home Runs. A .300 batting average. 300 wins. 100 RBI. 56 games. Every user in baseball can have his place in history called into question because we know the significance of the numbers. It's what makes baseball so great and what makes the presence of PEDs there so eye-catching.
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