<p>As a follow-up to the previous installment about home runs, Eric and Andrew tackle the Steroid Era. Points of discussion: the complexity of asking “Who’s to blame?”, American innocence and scapegoating to avoid moral reckonings, and where the line is drawn on cheating.</p>
































  <p>Intro/outro music: Duncan Reid and the Big Heads, "The First Time."</p>

As a follow-up to the previous installment about home runs, Eric and Andrew tackle the Steroid Era. Points of discussion: the complexity of asking “Who’s to blame?”, American innocence and scapegoating to avoid moral reckonings, and where the line is drawn on cheating. Intro/outro music: Duncan Reid and the Big Heads, "The First Time."

#6 – Steroids and American innocence

Baseball season is here, and sinkhole has drafted contributor Andrew Forbes to accompany our readers through it. All season long, Forbes will be following the exploits of Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki, and using Ichiro as a lens through which to view the game, its history, and the culture surrounding it.

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#6 – Steroids and American innocence

#6 – Steroids and American innocence