Ryan Braun and His Loss of Credibility

The Major League Baseball organization is one of many sport organizations that takes a strong stance on athletes that use performance enhancing drugs. Mark McGwire played for the Cardinals in 1998. He had an amazing career as he broke the homerun record with 70 homeruns. Through his accomplishments, there was speculation that he took steroids. He was questioned about it in Federal Court and at first, he denied it. Later on, he admitted using Andro, which is a form of anabolic steroids. Another baseball player had a very similar story. Barry Bonds played for the San Francisco Giants. He likewise had very notable achievements, such as beating McGuire for the homeroom record and he passed Hank Aaron as the career all-time home run hitter.

Credibility is something that takes a lot of time to gain, but can be lost in an instance. When someone or something is credible that means they are easily trusted or believed in because of what they have done in the past. For example Nike lost some credibility when new came out they were producing their products in sweatshops across the world. However since that they have worked on that problem and gained back their credibility, but it took some time. Credibility is a great quality to have, it means you are trustworthy and people respect you. Furthermore Alex Rodriguez is another example that shows why credibility is an important quality and how cheating affects it.

Ryan Braun has lost many fans, in addition to losing the respect from the city of Milwaukee, and many baseball fans from around the world that they had previously given him. Braun, however, has reached out to many fans and has made many phone calls apologizing to them for his actions. Braun knows that apologizing will not make up for his actions, however, he also knows that he has to do the right thing by telling people that he has made a mistake. To make up from his actions, he called many of the season ticket holders just to tell them he was sorry and that he made a big mistake. Braun also lost a good friend in Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers wishes that Braun would not of looked him in the face and lied to him (Vandermause par. 2). Rodgers was very disappointed not for just himself, but for all of the Wisconsin sports fanatics out there (2). Braun claimed that they were only used to make his recovery from an injury faster, but having steroids without a prescription is illegal.

Speaker Credibility: Steroids are not only used by bodybuilders, other athletes and sometimes regular people have access to it and use it. There some misconceptions of steroids and a lot that people don’t know about in detail, that’s

man that guy is an absolute legend in the baseball world. This matters to my topic because it

He was also really good. What I thought was amazing is that he was a rookie of the year. A rookie of the year is like an all-star but they give to people who it is there first year playing in the MLB. Two years after his rookie of the year he won the National League MVP which stands for Most Valuable Person. As a final along the path of his career he won the most valuable thing you can collect. He and his team won the World Series.

One of the underlying issues with the PED problem is that it does allow a player to gain more power with their hits. The extra power is not caused by the drugs directly, but by the fact that the drugs allow them to train harder, longer, and have shorter recovery times than normal. Power hitters are always considered the elite player, which makes sense because most people want to see home runs. As one player stated “Home run hitters drive Cadillacs, single hitters drive Fords” (Solberg, Joe, and Richard Ringer). Gaining better numbers creates an increased incentive to start using PEDs. The highest regarded records in baseball are all home run based and the players

cheating has always been around and in baseball Steroids are a Performance Enhancing Drug or PED for short that help with strength or players have also been known to use Human Growth Hormone or HGH, “Wonder if steroids helped Roger Clemens to lead the Houston Astros and New York Yankees to the World Series?” (Bilson) Ty Cobb sharpened spikes, and bet on baseball and he's still in the HOF, or how Mike Scott doctored baseballs with an emery board, or Alberte Belle, Sammy Sossa with Corked bats a corked bat is a bat that does not have the wood filling super balls can be put in there in place for it many different things can be used in place of that. Also how can anyone forget Barry Bonds with steroids how much did that help bonds break the All-Time home run record? How about Triss Speaker and the scandal of him fixing games , Gaylord Perry doctored baseball with various substances to throw off hitters. Other players other than Bonds have admitted to Steroid use Paul Molitor Class of 2004 and Wade Boggs Class of 2005 both admitted to steroid use, Boggs later admitted to being a sex addict on the Barbra Walters show. Mike Piazza alleged steroid scandal his back acne grew significantly and his substantial amount of hair growth on his back. Cheaters never win has been said through out the history of the world. I fully believe that is the honest

He played ten years in his MLB career, all with the Dodgers. In his whole career he had 740 walks and 291 strikeouts which is very low. Also,

The credibility, or ethos, of Gehrig's speech was already there before he ever started the speech. At the time of the speech Gehrig held one MLB record, Gehrig had played in 2,130 consecutive baseball games, quite possibly the most honorable MLB record. He was very well known and well respected by all fans and players. In his speech Gehrig says, “Who wouldn’t consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball’s greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy?”(1). In saying it showed his personal side of his baseball career, the places he has been, and the people he's had the wonderful opportunity to play baseball with. The respect the fans and players had for Gehrig only made his speech more credible, Lou Gehrig was loved by all baseball fans.

In Juiced, Jose Canseco convinces me in logos because he is using steroids for him to become a better baseball player. Jose Canseco wanted to live up to the vow that he made to his mother. He says “I vowed my mother that I would become the best athlete on the planet, no matter what it took, and I was totally focused on making that

One of which was in the beginning of his career when he was a boastful and undisciplined player. I also do not admire the fact that he used performance enhancers during his incredible career. The steroids were not mentioned in the book yet most baseball fans know that the popular player used performance enhancers. Sammy Sosa is known for being a great hitter. One event that made him known was the fact he started playing baseball in his late teens when other kids had years of practice.

A man that can lift nearly 700 pounds can be admired for his strength alone. A man that grants over 500 “Make-a-Wish” wishes can be admired for compassion alone. A man that gives his heart and soul to his industry can be admired for his work ethic alone. All of these reasons prove why John Cena is one of the greatest human beings to ever exist. As a young child I loved professional wrestling, namely World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and I carried that intense love into my adult life. As a young child I saw John Cena obtain stardom despite all the hate he received from more traditional wrestling fans. John Cena says the 3 character aspects that enable him to succeed are hustle, loyalty, and respect. Determined to replicate John Cena’s success

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