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Originally Posted by Bahnzo
The PED thing always makes me laugh. If you want to chastise Bonds and the like for PED's, then you need to do the same to Mantle and Ford.
Those guys gobbled "greenies" back in the day before most games. And don't tell me it's different. They took them because they gave them an advantage. So if you want to get on your high horses about cheating, then you better make sure you include a lot more players than just the ones the media has told you to hate.
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The difference is, greeneies (or dextroamphetamine sulfate, an amphetamine) was a product of the war, steroids are not. Basically every solider coming out of WWII was hooked on them because that was the stimulant handed out like candy back then, and eventually they were past down to players who were entering the leagues in the 50s and 60s.
If anything Mantle was more notorious for being a complete boozehound and degenerate and it eventually killed him. Almost every great baseball player was on some sort of drug back in those days, hell, booze and greenies were almost considered necessities to play.
Unlike steroids, which there was no causation for other than for personal gain, it's not like there was a war where the united states government just pumped up it's soldiers with a couple hits of HGH, and a swig of brandy.
So, to be honest, it's like frying two different types of fish. Yes, they are similar in usage (as in it helped them succeed) but there was a different preparation and presentation to how those drugs came to be.