A Baseball Proposition Since the creation of America's favorite pastime, baseball, cheating has been an integral part of the game. Each era of baseball has offered new and improved techniques for cheating at the game of baseball. Cheating has become a common occurrence in baseball, from the 1919 Chicago "Black" Sox, who were paid to host the World Series, to Ty Cobb sharpening the tips of his shoes to scare fielders from tagging him out. Other famous acts of cheating include Gaylord Perry's illegal spitball, Pete Rose's betting on baseball, and the fielding team manipulating field conditions to help specific pitchers. Then there are my personal favorites: Mike Scott using sandpaper to make it harder for players to hit, Whitey Ford using his wedding ring to cut the baseball, George Brett applying too much pine tar to his bat, and Graig Nettles putting super balls in his bat. More recently, cheating was found in the cases of Albert Belle and Sammy Sosa, both of whom had their clubs plugged. While the game of cheating has always been around, there is a new philosophy of cheating that has spread. Apparently, many players are getting away with this new form of cheating. The way of cheating I am referring to is the use of steroids. Over the past twenty years, steroid use has skyrocketed. A good friend of mine, baseball analyst Dan Patrick, once told me, "The estimate of the number of players on steroids in MLB rises and falls more than the C... middle of the paper... from the use of steroids by some companies in an attempt to monopolize the business of some other companies. These other companies will compensate the MLB with large sums of money. Such certified companies will pay the MLB an annual amount to be able to sell drugs to the players. Using steroids will bring a lot of money to baseball Therefore, I urge you, for the sake of leveling the playing field in baseball, making the game more exciting, cleaning up the name of the game, giving fans more appreciation and giving additional funding to MLB, give great consideration to the proposal before you. I presented and realize the long-term effects it will have on the game of baseball for years to come.