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For now it appears that juicing up is so widespread that steroidgate will be the major league equivalent of the congressional check-kiting scandal. The defense will be that since so many do it, it's not really that bad.

Ken Caminiti has taken a lot of heat from fellow players for disclosing the game's dirty little secret. Just yesterday Caminiti disavowed his comments, taking refuge in the time-worn claim that his remarks were taken out of context. It's hard to tell, however, how one could misconstrue this quote: "It's no secret what's going on in baseball. At least half the guys are using steroids."

Baseball was long a game that the average guy could relate to, largely because the players looked like him. One didn't need to be a physical oddity to succeed, as in football or basketball.

But that's changed. Now baseball players look like professional bodybuilders. It's only a matter of time before the trainers and clubhouse guys who tape players' ankles also find themselves oiling up their preening charges.

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