Research Journal Assignment #14

1."Anabolic steroids." ESPN.com N.p., 6 Sept. 2007. Web. 19 Nov. 2009.

This article is featured on Espn.com. The author is unknown. This article is about the controversy of the use anabolic steroids by athletes. The article also gives a brief summary about what anabolic steroids, how they are taken, and what the do to the athlete's body.

2. Araton, Henry. "A Yankees Marriage Not Made in Heaven." The New York Times N.p., 8 Feb. 2009. Web. 19 Nov. 2009.


This article was featured in the New York times, it was written by Henry Araton. The author of the article illustrated the contractual marriage between the New York Yankees and Alex Rodriquez and how it is dysfunctional. After A-rod was given an incredible amount of money by the Yankees; the news broke on Alex's steroid use making the Yankees look like suckers because of the wealthy contract they gave Alex.


3. Association Against Steroid Abuse Steroidabuse.com, n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2009

Steroidabuse.com is a website geared to teach and inform people of the use and abuse of steroids. The website also has any news relevant to steroids. The website does not have any visible authors or editors.

4. Baseball's Steroid Era News, List, Timelines, Quotes, Statistics N.p., 19 Aug. 2006. Web. 21 Nov. 2009.

This webiste entitled Baseball's Steriod Era News, Lists, Timelines, Quotes, Statistics has a wide variety of links and articles that do with Major League Baseball and performance enhancing drugs. The website has many features that do with players who used PEDs and also a timeline of when PEDs started.


5. "Canseco details steroid use." MSNBC N.p., 22 Feb. 2005. Web. 21 Nov. 2009.


This article has no known author, it is from MSNBC.com. This article is about Jose Canseco's book, "Juiced". In this article. Jose Canseco gives a thorough view of what baseball players and himself go through when they use steroids.

6. "Canseco: Steroids made baseball career possible." USA Today N.p., 13 Feb. 2005. Web. 21 Nov. 2009.

This article was found on USATODAY.com, it has no author or editor. In this article Jose Canseco talks about his friendship with Mark McGwire. He also explains that through the use of steroids he was able to play professional baseball, and if he had not used steroids he wouldn't of been able to play baseball.

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RJA #13b: Annotated Bibliography, Part 1

1. Mccloskey, John., and Julian Bailes, M.D. When Winning Costs Too Much. Lunham: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2005.

This book written by John Mccloskey and Julian Bailes, illustrates problems with professional athletes/student athletes and the pressure to perform. The book touches on subjects that athletes deal with. For example, steroid use to get an edge on competition and what types of substances are used. The book highlights some athletes who used performance enhancing drugs in the Olympics, football, baseball, and bicycling. One athlete they touch up is Barry Bonds and his steroid scandals.

2. Mitchell, George J. Report to The Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation Into The Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League Baseball. N.p.: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, 2007. Print.

This report was written for Bud Selig, the commissioner of major league baseball. The report was written by George Mitchell. The report is about an investigation of the MLB and performance enhancing drugs. In this report Mitchell does an in depth investigation on allegations, accusations, and records of players who have or are thought to be using PED. He also researches the effects that PED have on athletes.

3. Roberts, Selena, and David Epstein. "Sources tell SI Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003." Sports Illustrated 7 Feb. 2009: 14 pars. Web. 16 Nov. 2009.

This article from the New York Times is about Alex Rodriquez and his use of steroids in 2003 when he tested positive. The article was written by Selena Roberts. Other topics in this article for example, the random testing in the MLB, mitchell report, and certain policies the MLB had in place for offenders who used performance enhancing drugs.

4. Staff, Mayo Clinic. "Performance-enhancing drugs and your teen athlete." Mayoclinic.com N.p., 3 Jan. 2009. Web. 16 Nov. 2009.

This article entitled: "Performance-enhancing drugs and your teen athlete" explains what certain types of PED are and also the side affects it has on people. The article also explains what performance enhancing drugs can do to teenagers. The article was written by the Mayo Clinic staff.

RJA #13a: Field Research Report

For my field research I did a survey of 10 people that I work with. I asked 5 questions. The questions I asked were:

1. Do you think using performance enhancing drugs is a form of cheating? 8 out 10 said yes
2. Do you think most major league baseball players use performance enhancing drugs? 6 out of 10 said yes
3. Do performance enhancing drugs cause harm physically or emotionally? 7 out of 10 said yes
4. Do you know what performance enhancing drugs are? 8 out of 10 said yes
5. Did your perspective change when the MLB was exposed for having hundreds of players were found to use performance enhancing drugs? 6 out 10 said yes

RJA #12c: Introduction Check

Justino- http://stinoeng.blogspot.com/2009/11/rja-11a.html#comment-form

Sofia- http://sofiaf1020.blogspot.com/2009/10/eng-1020-rja-11a-introduction.html#comment-form

RJA #12b: Presentation Plan

My Presentation Plan includes:

• Title page
• My thesis statement
• definition of performance enhancing drugs
• affects due to using performance enhancing drugs
• conclusion

RJA #12a: Progress Report

What I have Accomplished:

• Thesis, Introduction
• outline for my paper
• sources that i am going to use
• visual aid, pie chart show percentage of users, and a poll that i did asking if using performance enhancing drugs, cheating?

Things I need to do:

• I need to get writing my paper
• i only have 3 pages i need 9 more
• My plan is to type at least two pages a day so i can finish my paper with some time to spare before the draft is due.

RJA #11c: Thesis Statement Check

1. Nick- http://nhlyeti303.blogspot.com/2009/10/rja-10.html#comment-form
2. Joelle- http://jalves1.blogspot.com/2009/10/research-journal-assignment-10a.html#comment-form

RJA #11b: Visual Aids

1. A graph on how many MLB have tested positive for illegal performance enhancing drugs
2. The poll that i did asking strangers if they think using performance enhancing drugs is a form of cheating
3. A pie chart of players who use and admit using performance enhancing drugs
4. A picture of players who have used illegal PED. (Jose Canseco, Mark Mcgwire)
5. A timeline from the beginning of the use of PED in the MLB.

RJA #11a: Introduction

Imagine being one of most respected and admired baseball player of all time. You are respected because it is believed that you are one of the few major league baseball players to have naturally tuned skills and never used performance enhancing drugs. Than one day, thanks to a survey, your name appears on a report which was supposed to be confidential, that states that you have used illegal performance enhancing drugs. “That was when baseball granted players immunity while it conducted survey testing with the hope that the number of cheats would be infinitesimal and that the whole sordid performance-enhancement problem would go away” (Araton). Thanks to a book written by Jose Canseco which names players who used steroids the government becomes involved and investigates players who tested positive. Your name is one of those who received immunity. Once it is out that you are a cheater and user The media begins to bash your credibility and call you a fraud, you lose fans and respect from your peers, and you bring shame to America’s pastime for lying and putting up a front about how clean cut you are.
This story is what Alex Rodriguez went through in the beginning of the year 2007. Alex was once considered to be, “possibly the most naturally gifted player ever to step onto a major league field. And his work ethic is off the charts” (Araton). 2007 was the first time America and the world heard about players who were using performance enhancing drugs through government investigations. Alex Rodriguez was one of the players who were granted immunity in 2003 when he was tested for performance enhancing drugs which was arguably his best season. Four years later and the truth came out; Alex has lost much of his respect through the baseball community and America and is considered a cheat and a fraud.
Performance enhancing drugs should not be acceptable in Major League Baseball because they resemble steroids, in that they are characterized as a weaker form of them. Even though, performance enhancing drugs are a lesser form of steroids, both supplements can potentially harm the athlete’s physical and emotional health in the long run and in most cases are considered a form of cheating. Through the use of chemicals to promote strength and stamina, the game of baseball is being tainted due to the unnatural enhancement of the athletes. With that said, performance enhancing drugs should not be tolerated in Major League Baseball.