Why do baseball players feel that injecting themselves with needles and pumping their bodies full of drugs will help their game out, how would such a supplement affect their bodies and what is the risk verse the reward? The reason I chose to write about the about the particular subject is because I play baseball. I feel that this essay affects my values because I come from a background that is the whole "Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work." So I think taking these are not only cheating it is a complete waste of time. Sure it may help you hit a ball harder and look a lot bigger, but the end results could be bad. It can shorten your life span and also keep you out of the Hall of Fame. I have never played with anybody abusing the substances that I know of but I feel that one day I will. Writing about this subject makes me feel like I can get how I feel about the matter off of my chest. So my qualification comes from playing the sport and seeing how it affects everyday life and the athletes that are using these PED's to better their play. 

Article one: This article talks about a few of the greats that got busted abusing steroids. Such as, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark Mcguire, and Sammy Sosa. They were all guys who made it big and abused these drugs to set themselves apart in the process of getting to the Hall of Fame. The major evidence is that some of the players admitted to abusing the drugs and others lied about taking them to Courts. These athletes brought the game of baseball back into the public eye and reclaimed America's Pastime back to where it was to start with. Now it is a big deal to everyone in the country and the World Series is one of the most watched sporting events in the world. This authors Credibility is valid because it is over the facts and history of PED's.

Article two: This article is central claim to me was funny because the picture when you open the page is of a baseball being injected with a bunch of needles. The article is about the history of steroids being used in baseball. It talks about how far back PED's can be traced and the types of different drugs being used the major values include the information stating all the facts about the drugs and the interests that go along with PED's being abused in the game. The credibility of this articles author used to be an athlete and now does study's on the game. 

Article three: The Doctor of this article works with abusing athletes and gets them back to playing without drugs after rehabilitation in this case being the major evidence for the claims she has to make about using these prolific drugs. The major values she has are that this using is very wrong and she does not agree with it. She has stake in the subject because she deals firsthand with these athletes. The credibility of this author is she is a doctor and she is a nationally recognized expert in substance abuse and behavioral health and Chief Clinical officer at Recovery Centers of America. So she is a biased source on the subject because she works a lot with these athletes.

Final thoughts about this essay are that my argument holds because only time will tell how long it takes for the world to get rid of these substances. All of my sources talk about the history of this drug abuse and say that these drugs help an athletes play but they have long term affects and they are morally wrong. They do not believe that athletes should be allowed to take them. In which I agree with because not only do they shorten your timeframe as an athlete, but the money of contracts just keeps going up each year and these players are getting paid to play a game. Why is it necessary to cheat at something that you are supposed to "play for the love of"?
