Essays Tagged: "Ken Caminiti"
Bigger, Better, Stronger The Increasing Use of Steroids in Sports w ref
but that usually doesn't stop athletes from getting their hands on them. Anabolic steroids can be taken orally, injected intramuscularly, or rubbed on the skin when in the forms of gels or creams (Dru ... rampant that even the smaller players are using them and talking openly among themselves about it. Ken Caminiti, a former all-star third basemen in the major leagues said. "It's no secret what's goin ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Baseball is America's Pastime, Isn't It?
steroid use in baseball. That notion was just a thought until ex-Most Valuable Player award winners Ken Caminiti and Jose Canseco admitted to taking steroids after there careers ended in 2002. Caminit ... onds hit 73 homers that year. Accusations have been made to Bonds taking steroids, but were never taken seriously until this year. Barry's trainer, Greg Anderson, was arrested for the manufacturing an ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports
What is a Hero?
ition is different. I look at my peers' role models and wonder what they see in that person. Ken Caminiti is a good example. The man was an exceptional baseball player. And many kids who aspire ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Steriods and Baseball
the long list of physical effects, there is the aspect of playing baseball with someone that has taken steroids. With the advantage of taking steroids, that player has disrupted the playing field and ... bout how steroids are harmful, why do people risk the effects? In the middle of the season in 1996, Ken Caminiti returned from an injury and hit 28 homeruns after the All-Star break winning the MVP aw ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports
Performance-Enhancing Drugs: The Dark Cloud over Baseball
ll are the tarnishing of previously hallowed records, such as the single-season home run record, broken by an accused anabolic steroid user, Barry Bonds. In a poll in 2004, even before conclusive proo ... pen fairly quickly and can be irreversible" (Francis). In 1996, the Major Leagues of Baseball named Ken Caminiti their Most Valuable Player after a stellar year he had just completed for the San Diego ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Steroids in Baseball : Victory or Integrity
er drug test (159).Another example of when an athlete lost respect for steroid use takes place with Ken Caminiti, a well-known baseball player. After his retirement Caminiti admitted to using steroids ... oids (Rosenthal 15-16). Some would also question the validity of records that have recently been broken. If Caminiti broke records while on steroids, who is to say whether or not other records are leg ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports
Steroids testing; Illegal or Immoral
ife because he failed another drug test (159).Another well known example is retired baseball player Ken Caminiti. After his retirement, Caminiti admitted to using steroids throughout most of his baseb ... nt, which supplies the players with bigger contracts. Some athletes believe that if the drugs are taken properly on a consistent cycle the side effects are minimal. These ideas have never been proven ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers