Steroids Statute Of Limitations

Leave Manny alone...

That's right, Manny Ramirez, mayor of Mannywood, the bulked-up bambino of Los Angeles.

So reality has finally slapped everyone in the face and the rumors of steroid use by MLB's biggest hitter is now making headlines.

So what...

He's reportedly been doing it for years, like many (not all) of the big names in baseball.

They're called the steroid generation for a reason, but they're not alone.

Performance enhancement supplements are everywhere and have been for a long time. Just take a look around your own neighborhood in any town U.S.A.

A wire copy story from two years ago surveyed nearly 2,000 people who went to the gym regularly and used anabolic steroids. It found the majority were white males in their late 20's or early 30's who held jobs in the private sector, made above-average income and were NOT in professional sports.

The reason: they just wanted to look better, no matter what the cost.

Take a look at some kids in local high schools or colleges. Some of the kids walking around the mall with the wife beater t-shirts. All bulked up (ripped) at a very early age. I've heard the argument "oh, well he's in the gym for 6-8 hours a day, he's a gym rat".

Yeah, I thought I smelled a rat!

Steroids, supplements, cream and clear, whatever, it's out there and law enforcement is powerless to stop it.

I've heard stories about players from a local high school football team in the mid-to-late 90's that would travel to Mexico to buy steroids and hide them in their car's rear speakers to bring them back across the border.

I've seen guys who came back from one season to the next, transformed into a monster seemingly overnight, with no second thought from the coaches.

No one who uses them seems to care. The risks are well-documented. No one can claim ignorance, just stupidity.

I've talked about a survey in S.I. years ago, asking Olympic athletes if they could take steroids and not get caught, that would guarantee a gold medal, but you'd be dead in 10 years. Would you take the drugs? It came back a ridiculously high number said they would!

Baseball just happens to be in the spotlight right now, but I say "SHUT IT OFF"!!

I'm sick of hearing about it. If you catch a steroid junkie using one particular type, they'll just return using something else. There are too many and not enough tests to detect them. (Although the visual test seems to be a pretty good indicator)

In the end, it's really not about the professional athletes who use them, but the young kids who start taking them and the parents and coaches who turn a blind eye.

Steroids for all my men (and women).

But don't come whining about your physical or mental deterioration when it comes back to bite you later on down the road.

I don't want to hear it.

And don't try to justify their use to me or dispel what you call the "myths".

I know, I know Manny, you didn't know what you were putting in your body.

If you don't care... well... you know my position.