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Welcome to Detroit, Brad Ausmus!

http://www.mlbppworld.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=8390

I would assume that he was 0 for 4 in the AAA championship game.

OH AND I UPDATED THE RED SOX LOG!!!!!!!!

Their mascot is creepy...

And I agree with Skittles. I think it takes a while to adjust to a new team name. I didn't like it when they first announced it, but I like it just fine, now.

Also, my fantasy basketball team is leading the league in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and is 4th in blocks. I'd be killing if we were doing roto, but we're doing H2H. And I still have the most points by 200+.

I think pelicans is better than hornets BUT THATS JUST MY OPINION.

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The Brow almost had a 5x5 last night! I picked him in my draft and he's a beast.

You have to love the online sports community. I can't remember the last time I've won a game without receiving several degrading messages out of varying degrees of anger.

And that hockey *(censored)* sucks

They're taking Foles out before he breaks the record? Aww.

This is my rough draft for an essay I'm doing about performance-enhancing drugs in the MLB in English class. I decided I'd post it here for you guys to see.

Performance-Enhancing Drugs in the MLB
​Back when the 90’s began, Bud Selig, the commissioner of the MLB, went from training camp to training camp warning general managers about the potency of performance-enhancing drugs in the MLB and how they could corrupt baseball. Mr. Selig told the GM’s to make sure there was no use of any type of steroids in the clubhouse or anywhere that pertained to the team. At the winter meeting that year, 27-year-old pitcher, Rick Helling, who was also the player representative for his team stood up while the representatives were talking about steroids and warned the others that many players had already started taking steroids and it was tainting the game.

​Later in this decade, after Selig had thought he had researched enough, he declared that
such a small amount of players were actually using steroids now that it had become almost
nonexistent. In his words, “The dragon has been slain, and the so-called steroid era is over”.
Obviously, as the problem still rages on today, Selig was wrong. There have been many other
steroid users since the 90’s including; Mark McGwire, Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, Ryan
Braun, Barry Bonds, and many more.

​This era has been going on from 1991 until now and the problem has still not been
conquered. Although steroids had been declared illegal in the MLB in 1991, implementing PED
testing throughout the league was not established until 2003. Once testing had begun, many more
players have been busted in their use of PED’s. Even though Selig threatens suspensions to all
players who test positive in PED testing, the use of steroids has not seemed to dwindle at all
since these suspensions have been made.

Since steroids had started to become widely used in the MLB, many different records
have been broken. In 1998, Mark McGwire, who was playing for the St. Louis Cardinals at the
time, broke the single season home run record held by Roger Maris, who had hit 61 home runs,
by hitting 70 home runs. Three years later, Barry Bonds, another player who later confirmed that
he had been using steroids, hit 73 home runs setting a new record for home runs in a season.

​While the use of steroids has given quite a jolt to the offensive output in baseball, players
using steroids have not made it fair for other players who want to keep the game clean. Many
suspensions have been handed out by the MLB since testing has started including suspensions
that could reach up to 100 games. In August 2013, the MLB tried to suspend Alex Rodriguez for
the rest of the 2013 MLB season and the whole 2014 season. This suspension would have totaled
214 games. Rodriguez appealed his suspension, and the MLB was not able to suspend him for
the rest of the 2013 campaign as “A-Rod” continued playing for the New York Yankees. If the
MLB really wants to finish off steroids, the consequences will have to become more severe.
​

Looks good for a rough draft.

It's a good start. Might want to expand more as to the types of PEDs, and how they are connected to baseball (steroids, HGH, perhaps testosterone), but that's just my opinion. Otherwise, it's looking pretty good so far.

Looks like a good start, Zero, but a few questions/comments:

- Just wondering, what was the prompt?
- You did a good job providing background, but it doesn't look like you've made a clear assertion in your intro paragraph. Based on your concluding sentence, I'm assuming you're claiming that punishments for steroids need to increased. Maybe include a sentence like "While the MLB has spent over two decades fighting the use of performance enhancing drugs, their efforts have ultimately been ineffective and must be increased if there is any hope of creating truly clean league."
- The argument is well constructed, but there are a few parts where voice and style could be improved. I've highlighted some spots where I've changed things up a bit/made comments:


I hope this comes across as helpful and not rude... heh. Really though, it's a good start.

Also, if this is supposed to just be an informational essay, ignore the last red comment and the second bullet point up at the top. Those are only if this is supposed to be argumentative, which I'd assume it is since most essays written for school are (at least in my experience).

This is kinda interesting