FOR DECADES, major league baseball has protected itself from the corruption of players throwing games by flatly forbidding them to bet on the sport. Baseball should go about eliminating muscle-building anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs with the same single-mindedness. But only an optimist would expect significant success unless there are profound changes in attitude on the part of team ... (Full article: 434 words)

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