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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Doesn't steroid usage make you mean and short tempered?
I ask because Barry Bonds used to play for the Pirates back in the (if I recall) late eighties and he was considered to be a "good guy" around town. Lots of community service, friendly to fans, cooperative with the press, etc. He and Bobby Bonilla were really fan favorites Pittsburgh around that time.
Once he went to San Francisco, it seems like that image went down the crapper and I was wondering if that possibly had something to do with steroids.
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The story that Barry likes to tell is that he is upset with the way the press treated his father (Bobby, also a very good major-leaguer). There were rumors of alcoholism, and Barry believes his father got the short end of the stick overall in that regard. So really, who knows.
There are other players (Nomar Garciaparra, Pedro Martinez), who have changed their feelings towards the press/public over time as well.
Maybe it has to do with steroid use, maybe it doesn't. We'll probably never know.