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not to pick nits, but are steroids useage really cheating? yes they are illegal in the USA, so that may go a way to defining them as cheating, but, if they aren't specifically disallowed by Major league baseball, can their use in a major league baseball game be considered cheating.
granted, this is a spirit of the word versus absolute definition of the word thing, but if you consider steroids cheating, where do you draw the line? are legal suppliments cheating? some have proven or suspected long term health effects tied to their use, but they aren't illegal. Does their use then fall into the legitimate category?
the argument for suppliments as cheating leads me to believe that weightlifting could be considered cheating, since it is something that was not available to previous generations of ball players. pure, unsupplimented weightlifting will surely pack on the pounds and the strength, and probably gives players untold advantages when compared to the players of yesteryear.
How about video analysis? high speed photography? extensive advance scouting? balanced diets? first class air travel? these are all techniquest or tools that players today have at their disposal that players in the 70s and earlier could only dream of.