Annotated Bibliography

Should baseball players be able to go into the Hall Of Fame if they take performance enhancing drugs?

What George Vass states is that former baseball players that are in the Hall Of Fame say that the baseball players who took performance enhancing drugs should not be let into the hall of fame.  He quotes the BBWAA’s rules ‘’Voting shall be based on a players record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the teams on which the player played. What this means is that to be voted into the Hall of fame you should have a clean record and that you should have good statistics to be into the Hall Of Fame.  You should also have good characteristics about yourself.

George Vass purpose is to inform us on what former baseball players think of baseball players who took performance enhancing drugs, and they still think that they should still be able to go into the hall of fame.  I thought that the author did a well job on telling us where he got most of his evidence.  He told us where he found the rules for going into the hall of fame.  This work will be useful for baseball fans who want to know more about baseball players who should still be able to go into the Hall Of Fame even if they took performance enhancing drugs.  This article helped me in this project because it answered one of my essential questions.

Vass, George. "Hall Of Fame's Future Dilemma -- Who Belongs And Who Doesn't." Baseball Digest 67.4 (2008): 24. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 18 Sept. 2012.

How did most baseball players get there performance enhancing drugs?

Saporito, Bill Gregory, Sean states that most baseball players get there performance enhancing drugs from Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO).  The founder of this place is Anderson and Victor Conte.  The author reports that dozens of elite athletes had to go to the grand jury to discuss BALCO’s steroid program.  In this article it also  talked about what Anderson and Victor were being charged with.  The author was being really descriptive about what kinds of things that BALCO had.  They had detailed schedules for taking the banned substances, and they had blood and urine tests to help avoid detection.

The authors purpose is to tell us where most of the baseball players got there performance enhancing drugs.  I thought this article had really good evidence.  It had many factual statements.  This work will do very well for people that want to know where most baseball players get there performance enhancing drugs.  This material helped me out really well because this answered one of my essential questions and it also talked about baseball players that were accused of taking performance enhancing drugs.

Saporito, BillGregory, Sean.  ''How Pumped Up Is Baseball?. '' Time 164.24 (2004): 34. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 7 Sept. 2012.

Which baseball players took performance enhancing drugs?

The New York Times  state that Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Jason Grimsley and David Segui all had positive tests of performance enhancing drugs. These athletes are all big names in baseball.  This article also talks about when steriods came to America in 1960.  The M.L.B started testing baseball players in 2003.  When they tested them, 100 baseball players tested positive.  The New York Times interpreted this well.

The authors purpose is to inform us on which well known baseball players took performance enhancing drugs.  This article would do well for people who want to know the History of steroids.  This material helped me out by answering one of my essential questions.  This also helped me out by telling me what year steroids entered America. 

New York Times, . Steroids. Aug. 24, 2012. Photograph. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/steroids/index.html, New York. Web. 5 Oct 2012.