Letters to the Editor
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OK, what am I missing here?
Professional baseball, like all professional sport, is an entertainment industry. Player's salaries come from the sale of tickets and advertising to people who want to be entertained.
Since the entertainment of sports comes from people performing at the peak of their physical powers, a lot of abnormal stuff is done to athletes' bodies. For years it's been perfectly acceptable to drill holes in pitchers arm bones and thread ligaments from their legs through the holes, so they can prolong their pitching careers.
In other entertainment industries, nobody thinks twice about whether Angelina Jolie puts botox in her lips or some other actor has his buttocks surgically padded.
Performance enhancing drugs enhance performance. Duh. People pay to watch sports because they want to see...performance. What's the problem?