blog 38

So after thinking about what to change my common place paper to, I came up with the idea to write about steroid use in sports.  This connects to my original paper because in that one I talk about the shortcut November uses to deal with her grief by having the memory erased.  Steroids in sports are also a short cut.  For this blog we are supposed to write about a personal anecdote, and since I haven't used steroids I guess I can write about what I have seen. 

I remember watching the St. Louis Cardinals games back when I was younger.  Both my parents were from there so they were pretty big Cardinal fans.  So of course I began to like them too.  One of my favorite players was Mark McGwire.  Over the years it was easy to see the dramatic change in not only his appearance but also in his game.  When Mark McGwire first entered the league, he was about an average player with an average build.  Slowly over the years he began to get bigger and bigger.  Along with this, he got even better at baseball.  It’s clear now how he was able to get so big and improve his game so much; he cheated and used steroids.  There are numerous other players out there who put in the time and effort to be at the top of their game but not Mark McGwire.  He saw steroids as an easy way to get to the top quickly.  Players back in the day were able to break records without using a shortcut, and I think today players need to do the same.