Posted by Michael Wozniak on 12/08/06 18:22

"Bill" <trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote in message
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> You know, if I were a young baseball player right now, and a good hitter,
> I would be leading a campaign to get rid of steroids in baseball. I would
> be asking for very serious extensive testing by independent labs, random
> sampling, and so on, because I would know that if I had a great career,
> nobody would believe it, just as nobody is ever going to believe that
> Barry Bonds is a better hitter than Babe Ruth. If someone breaks Joe
> Dimaggio's record for consecutive games in which he got at least one hit
> next year-- who cares? They probably cheated.
>
> The influence of steroids is corrosive on the game. Some owners probably
> thought the race to beat the home-run record was good for the game-- but
> the damage done by the revelations about cheating is long-term and
> serious. Nobody will ever get all that excited about any future records--
> unless Baseball can convince most fans that players don't cheat.
>
> So in the future, almost any good vocal performance will result in the
> audience going, ho - hum. You say to your friend, wow, she was great.
> Your friend says, don't be a rube-- it was all pre-recorded. They all do
> it nowadays. If I had her technology and professional staff, I would
> sound great too.
>
> It's in the long-term interest of most performers that people generally
> believe, unless told otherwise, that they are actually hearing a live
> peformance.

Excellent point.

Mikey Wozniak
Nova Music Productions
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