MLB Fans on Steroids, Favorite Players
As Major League Baseball's first post-Mitchell Report season gets underway, a new CBS News/New York Times poll finds seven in 10 fans believe at least a quarter of the game's players use steroids to improve their performance.
That's up twenty percentage points from July 2002 and includes a third who say at least half of major leaguers use such drugs. About half of fans say the issue matters "a lot" to them, and CBS reports that older fans are more likely to be concerned about players' drug use than younger fans.
But many, 46 percent, remain interested in the nation's pasttime, and heading into the new season, the team with the league's highest payroll also boasts the two top fan favorites: New York Yankees Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. Nine percent cite Jeter as their favorite player, five percent say A-Rod is their top pick.
Five players - Barry Bonds (as yet unsigned this season and a major figure in the league's steroid imbroglio), the Cincinnati Reds' Ken Griffey, Jr., the Atlanta Braves' Chipper Jones, David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox and Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals - tie for third at two percent each.
Nearly half of all fans, 48 percent, said they didn't have a current favorite or weren't sure. This baseball fan shares her favorite, David Wright of the New York Mets, with one percent of all MLB fans.
By Jennifer Agiesta |
March 31, 2008; 12:16 PM ET
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Posted by: Anonymous | April 2, 2008 6:31 PM
Seriously, talk about a story that won't die. When did steroid use in baseball become more important than, say, Katrina victims, the Iraq War, the economy "blunder", Bush's lies to the American people, the incompetence of this Administration.....
how did the story shift to some baseball players who are only following the example of the president?
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Posted by: radiocboy | April 11, 2008 1:00 PM
MLB Big Wigs and the Players Union Will POLICE Drug use in Baseball--I glanced at the article co-authored by the above 2--- It IS the BEST JOKE I have heard in 50 Years. WADA Folk must feel the same as yours truly--Lets Play Ball!!!!!!
Posted by: Adam | April 16, 2008 5:58 AM
I was a personal trainer fr 10 years. I had a lot of clients and as these stories came out,, I have always said the same thing.
ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
Not just baseball, but all sport where the human body is pushed and lots of money ids on the table.
This is an old story with much yet to come out. People will be amazed and shocked I am sure.
Posted by: Vance McDaniel | April 19, 2008 5:45 AM
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I don't give a tinker's "darn" whether Barry Bonds does, or did, take steroids.
He has been maligned by a Boston Red Sox employee (of which you are part owner). It is the first time I have ever read where a mistress and a bunch of players who may have an "ax" to grind have ruined the reputation of a star.
I think my favorite team (NYY) management is a damned fool if they don't add Barry's bat to their line up.
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