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Article: STEROIDS OLD NEWS FOR EDGE SEEKERS.(Sports)(Column)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- February 19, 2005
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Byline: TED MILLER P-I reporter
DEBATE THE ABJECT opportunism of Jose Canseco naming names on "60 Minutes" or the merits of his recently released literary masterpiece all you want. Continue to speculate on which athletes use anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
Tap your forehead while considering that the average weight of a major league baseball player increased nearly 16 pounds from 1983 to 2003 before a ridiculously porous and forgiving testing process was introduced.
It's great for the bar stool and the sports page.
Of course, the reality is that steroids are so five-minutes ago. All the hand wringing is ...