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Why Baseball Is Singled Out on Drugs

Submitted by Glen Dundas, Mar 23, 2007 09:50

This attitude, i believe, also accounts for the animosity towards baseball players for being 'overpaid'. One rarely hears griping about movie stars, rock 'n' rollers and even footballers and basketballers and their salaries. It may be largely subconscious, but I think Marchman is dead right in thinking that it's a prevelant attitude that fans think that a major league baseball career is something that could have been within their grasp if things had worked out for them.


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