John Rocker: Despite Ethics, Baseball Was Better With Steroids 约翰．罗克：「撇开道德问题不说，类固醇让棒球更精彩。」 Former MLB closer John Rocker joined Anthony Lima and Dustin Fox to talk about what he’s doing these days, including how much he misses baseball. Rocker elaborated on how bullpen players can lose it in one year, late game situations for bullpen pitchers, knowing whether you have “it” from one day to the next, his feeling on steroids in baseball, and how Hall of Famers feel about players that have used PEDs. Rocker discussed if the game is better now, athlete’s willingness to take chances to get around steroid tests, how much steroids helped him, and addressed many of his past controversies. 前大联盟终结者约翰．罗克来到安东尼．利马和达斯廷．福克斯的节目中， 谈论他的近况，包括了他有多想念棒球。 罗克把谈话焦点放在牛棚投手的工作有多不稳定、牛棚投手在比赛後半段必须面临的状况 、每天都必须了解你今天的球威如何、类固醇之於棒球的感想、 以及名人堂选手对球员们使用增加体能的药物的看法。 罗克也谈及比赛是否精彩、运动员愿意冒着风险服用禁药、类固醇给他的帮助、 以及许多他过往引起的争议。 Currently living in Atlanta, Ga., Rocker said he misses “jacking around the clubhouse” and seeing many of his old baseball buddies despite his ongoing career in community service as director of public affairs for SaveHomelessVeterans.com, the Ronald McDonald house and helping raise money to battle multiple sclerosis. Hosts Lima and Fox asked Rocker what his thoughts were on Alex Rodriguez and other steroids issues in baseball today. Rocker told an anecdote from an encounter he had at the baseball Hall of Fame with some of the sport’s greatest athletes of all time. 现居乔治亚州亚特兰大的罗克说他很想念「让球团头痛的日子」 以及和他许多前队友们见面的时光，不过他现在在做社区服务的工作， 担任SaveHomelessVeterans.com以及罗纳德．麦当劳之家的公共事务主管， 主要是帮忙募款以帮助得到多重硬化症的病人们。 主持人利马和福克斯问到罗克他对亚利克斯．罗德里奎兹 以及棒球界目前面临的类固醇议题有何看法时， 罗克谈到他日前和一群史上最伟大的球员们在棒球名人堂相遇时发生的事。 “I heard Ernie Banks say ‘I do not want those guys in my Hall of Fame.’ But of course back in the day, say 1993 or 2005, I mean, it was keepin’ up with the Jones’ …to level that playing field and keep my job,” were Rocker ’s concerns at the time. “Honestly, and this may go against what some people think from an ethical stand point, I think it was the better game. At the end of the day when people are paying their $80, $120 whatever it may be, to buy their ticket and come watch that game, it’s almost like the circus is in town. They are paid to be entertained. They wanna see some clown throw a fastball 101 mph and some other guy hit it 500 feet. That’s entertainment. You’re paying to be entertained.” 「我听到厄尼．班克斯说：『我绝不让那些家伙进到我心目中的名人堂。』 但是回过头去看那些日子，我指的是1993或2005，这些东西一直跟着琼斯...... 就是为了让场上精采度增加也是为了保住饭碗。」这是罗克当时的想法。 「或许这和某些人的道德观感背道而驰，但老实说，我认为这样比赛会更精彩。 当人们工作了一整天之後，花了不管是80或120元买票进场看球， 这种感觉就很像是看马戏团一样。观众付了钱就是想被娱乐， 他们想看有些小丑丢出101英哩的快速球，或是有些小丑打出500英尺的全垒打。 这就是娱乐，而观众就是付钱来被娱乐的。」 “And was there anything more entertaining than 1998 – I don’t care how each man got there – was there anything more entertaining than 1998?… watching Sammy Sosa and Mark McGuire chase 61 home runs?” “That was a mesmerizing time for every baseball fan out there…the people were getting their money’s worth.” Rocker said that despite even the best Olympic tests for steroids, use will not be deterred in the near future due to the amount of steroid types available to today’s athletes. He believes skepticism of professional baseball’s greatest hitters will still be there moving into the future. 「想想有任何事情比1998年更值得津津乐道吗？ 我不管那两个人是怎麽做到的，我只问：有任何事情能比1998年更让人回味？...... 看着沙米．索沙和马克．马怪尔竞逐谁先打破61支全垒打的纪录？」 「那对每个棒球迷来说是迷人的时光......每个进场的球迷都觉得自己的钱花得值得。」 罗克说即使像奥运那样有着最先进的药检，未来还是会有禁药的事件发生， 因为能够取得的类固醇种类太多了。 他也相信对职棒最杰出的打者们的质疑未来也会不断重演。 --

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