New York Yankees' Curtis Granderson hopeful of positive image turnaround with HGH test induction – MLB
It is not hard to see that the Major League Baseball (MLB) is the frontrunner whenever critics slam sport organisations for having players that deal or potentially are using steroids in order to increase performance in an unnatural manner, but after the
induction of mandatory HGH testing in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) earlier this month, New York Yaneeks’ centerfielder, Curtis Granderson, is hopeful of a positive image turnaround for the league.
Like many other players in the professional baseball league, Granderon has been a target of many slurs in regards to steroid use due to his physically big size at a young age, which if looked at, is not as uncommon as someone would think, but due to being
in the limelight, such people are targeted unfairly.
“When people do something that seems abnormal, the first thing people say is, ‘He must be on steroids,’” Granderson told the Daily News during a Monday telephone interview. “I got it this year, that the reason I was able to hit home runs this year is that
I must be doing something. I think it’s something people will always talk about.”
Besides setting a standard with their upgrading of the CBA this year to ensure peace amongst the owners, players and other staff for upcoming seasons, the MLB has also introduced the HGH blood-testing policy, which is one of a kind in the world of major
sports around the United State of America.
In other sports such as the National Football League or National Basketball Association, players are much bigger in size, but are rarely criticised and pointed at as potential users of performance enhancing drugs.
“To let people know we’re testing for that and anything else that can be a performance-enhancer, we’re trying our best to keep it out of the game and we’re going to have strict penalties for anybody caught using it,” he added.
Introducing a random check policy when players will have to undergo blood-testing at anytime during the season, Curtis Granderson hopes that this step and many similar to it will eventually kill out rumours and create a more positive image of the sport of
baseball and its players.
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