Baseball and amphetamines

The amphetamine era was another blight on the game, albeit an under-reported one. 

Amphetamines were a Schedule II controlled substance since the 1970's (ie: illegal).

Players in the clubhouse passed it around like candy for years before and after the 70's because it gave them a competitive advantage.

WAIT!!! WHAT ???

Players in a competitive sport, look for a competitive advantage over their competitors? 

WHO KNEW?!?

I understand why people will refuse to engage in a conversation that goes against their own personal belief system (willful, blissful ignorance, cognitive dissonance, whatever). It would be hard to remain offended by one group of baseball players use of illegal substances to break records when they come face to face with the knowledge that the same group doing the most carping used illegal substances to obtain their own position in the record books. 

AIN'T THAT A BEES-WAX????

In the end, everything comes down to the choices we make; moral or immoral, self serving or serving others.... etc. We can always change our future choices, but not the past. Those who are ashamed of their past choices rewrite history so that others do not know the depth of their betrayal.

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The only time anybody ever said anything bad about Tony Gwynn was when, in retirement, he spoke to a reporter about players habitual use of amphetamines. A lot of players still in the game, taking pills attacked Tony for this. Their attacks reflect mostly on them, IMO.