Here's the Fucking Difference, Asshat...

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OMG OMG OMG!!! THE NFL GETS A FREE PASS WHEN IT COMES TO PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS!!! WHY DOESN'T BASEBALL GET THE SAME THING???

Wanna know why? Because baseball is a pussy sport. Baseball is for white guys who have nothing better to do in the summer than get outside and hit a ball of yarn around, run some bases, make a catch, maybe throw a little bit...there's no physicality. Don't give me that bullshit like, "oh, but what about sliding into 2nd base? That's physical. And what about diving around in the outfield? Hmm?" Come on. There's a difference between having a 185 lb. guy jumping over your head and having 11 freaks of physical nature playing an obscenely fast game of Smear the Queer.

Baseball isn't a game of speed. Sure, there are a few good athletes who steal bases and whatnot, but the number of those guys are severely outnumbered by the fat, out of shape guys who have a few good baseball skills, but would be generously called athletes.

Here's my analogy. Say you're comparing baseball and football to cars. Baseball would be an old Caddilac, admired for it's classic charm, but in terms of performance, is way behind. Football would be a souped up Dodge Ram pickup. It needs to carry a lot of shit and put out a lot of power.

In order to get your classic Caddy to get to it's prime condition, you don't need to soup up the engine and increase it's horsepower. In order to get your Ram in top condition, you do need that shit.

PED's are an unnecessary feature in baseball, you DON'T NEED THEM. They're essentially pointless because the benefits you acquire are not really going to help you win a game. If you're stronger than someone else, the other person can still win. If you can throw an extra 10 mph, that means jack shit if it goes in a straight line. PED's in baseball are a joke, they're worthless and the only thing they do is skew baseball's precious "numbers."

PED's in football are a necessity. The game is predicated on who is stronger. It is a game of physicality, of CONCRETE physicality rather than some artificially manufactured physicality that baseball seems to need to adopt. If someone is stronger than you, you lose, period. If each NFL player is a high-powered auto, then they need high octane fuel, which is why nobody cares if an NFL player gets caught doing steroids.

People aren't dumb, they notice the difference. No matter how many articles you write extolling the virtues of baseball as a physical game, it isn't. It's behind football, boxing, hockey, basketball, lacrosse, hell, even track. PED's in football are seen as part of the gig, kinda like pot and musicians. People understand that PED's in baseball are there only so a few guys can inflate their stats a little more.

PED's in baseball are the same thing as high-powered stock brokers taking advantage of certain loopholes in IRS policies and regulations. Most people can't take advantage of them, and even when they do, they don't really give them that much of an edge in hiding their income from taxation or increasing investment returns. But when high net worth clients do the same thing, they benefit greatly from it. Think about it. Fernando Vina and Roger Clemens both had some serious dirt. Vina didn't benefit off of PED's because he wasn't good to begin with. Clemens benefited greatly because he is one of the few great ones who could actually push themself to a higher level.

Now imagine if everyone was a high net worth client. This is the NFL. There aren't shitty athletes in the NFL. These guys are the cream of the genetic crop, the guys who have the abilities to achieve a higher level of greatness with PED's. The entire league benefits off the use of PED's, and people know this.

The difference between baseball and football is that baseball players are actual people. We can connect with a fat fuck like David Wells or Sidney Ponson. The majority of people look at a guy like David Eckstein and think, "shit, if I could hit a ball and throw, I'd probably be just as good as he is." Nobody can connect with a football player (or basketball player for that matter). The only people who can really connect with an NFL player are other NFL players. There just aren't that many 6'5'' 250 lb. guys with less than 10% bodyfat who can outrun a speed limit walking around out there. Who would fit in at a mall better: Scott Rolen or Adalius Thomas? There you go.

So when people give NFL players a pass when it comes to PED's, it's not because they don't care, it's because they think it's necessary. It's a means of survival when probably everyone is juicing and there's a legit chance you could get hurt if you're not as strong as possible. In baseball, the whole reason to take PED's is for your own legacy, to make more money, to strike a few more guys out, to hit a few more home runs. It's not necessary. Would people be as upset if guys like Barry Bonds and Clemens were just regular schmoe's? Probably not. But these guys were Hall of Famers before they started allegedly taking PED's, which is the shitty thing. They didn't need to, they were already better. Brian Roberts and Fernando Vina, even with their PED use, aren't even on the same planet as pre-roids Bonds and Clemens. THAT'S why people get pissed at baseball players.