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I really liked Joe Posnanski's article on his opinion over baseball, Willie Mays to be more exact, and power enhancing drugs. I feel that there is a common thread belief that power enhancing drugs are only a problem in todays sports world. His response to Pete Hamill's essay is strong and makes valid points. Amphetamines back then, were todays majorly used steroids. Baseball was never an innocent game, and power enhancers were never not in the picture. While Joe Posnanski argues that power enhancing drugs have always been in the legend of baseball, Pete Hamill implies that this is only a problem in todays world. Pete Hamill is implying that baseball in the "back then" time was clean and innocent. While they may seem at odds about the innocence of baseball, I think that Joe makes it a great argument. Baseball is simply not a sport that is new to power enhancing drugs, America's favorite pastime was not fueled solely by joy and the "love of the game." Whether or not you'd agree with that is your choice, but I don't feel like the effect of amphetamines back then truly compares with the power of steroids today.