Since at least the 1980s, performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) have been a major challenge in the world of Major League Baseball, and the trends past years indicate that they will continue to pose an ongoing problem. . A number of the most prominent and accomplished professional baseball players, such as Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi, Roger Clemens, are also the most famous examples of baseball players who have broken records for a long time. date, attracted countless fans, and allegedly took performance-enhancing drugs. Athletes who have been caught using steroids in order to increase and improve their performance have been suspended, fined, and traded from the teams they once played on. Despite punitive measures taken against them by the League and lawmakers, players continue to use performance-enhancing drugs and will likely continue to do so because the associated athletic effects will attract more fans and make the player more money individual and franchise. MLB has arguably conveyed a series of mixed messages regarding its players and their use of steroids. On the one hand, the League is apparently cooperating with lawmakers on the issue of regulating drug use among its players; on the other, some of MLB's best athletes are suspected of drug use and yet continue to be marketed and revered. Examples of medications used by MLB stars include: Anavar, Andriol, Clomid, Depo-Testosterone, Insulin, Stanozolol and Testosterone1. These medications are steroids, usually prescribed by medical professionals to patients suffering from specific disorders (such as low testosterone or infertility) or to relieve immense pain or other serious symptoms; they are used "off-label" by athletes to increase...... middle of paper ......02475Press, Associated. "Attorney: Bonds admits to using steroids." Fox Sports, March 23, 2011. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Barry-Bonds-perjury-trial-begins-032111Radomski, Kirk. Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of Baseball's Steroid Era from the Central Figure of the Mitchell Report. New York: Hudson Street Press, 2009. Red, Christian. "Country singer Mindy McCready, who had an affair with Roger Clemens, says she feels sorry for Rocket." New York Daily News, August 9, 2010, http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/country-singer-mindy-mccready-affair-roger-clemens-feels-rocket-article-1.202475Roberts, Selena. A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez. New York: Harper Collins, 2010. Sanchez, Ray. "Alex Rodriguez drops charges, accepts 162-game suspension." CNN, February 9, 2014. http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/07/us/alex-rodriguez-lawsuit/