It seems to me like the examples you are giving can be distinguished from steroids.
* Contact lenses or eye surgery are things which the individual could reasonably get outside of baseball. They are something being used to get the individual (who happens to be a baseball player) up to a vaguely defined "baseline." (If someone with healthy eyes were getting contacts to improve their vision beyond the norm, that would seem dubious to me.) * Cortisone shots, similarly, seem like they are bringing an individual back to the baseline, rather than increasing beyond the baseline. They are being given to fix the injuries caused by playing. * I'm willing to cede the "steroids are dangerous" argument, partially since I never brought it up in the first place. Sure, if individuals go ahead and damage their own health knowing the risks then that seems fair. (There are, of course, issues that crop up around individuals being pressured to damage their health by their associates, teammates, and bosses.)
The things that you're mentioning, like framing, seem completely alien to me. I understand what you're saying, but the idea that the culture and community of baseball not only sees these, but encourages them, just doesn't make any sense to me. It seems like it's going against cardinal rules of sportsmanship.
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* Contact lenses or eye surgery are things which the individual could reasonably get outside of baseball. They are something being used to get the individual (who happens to be a baseball player) up to a vaguely defined "baseline." (If someone with healthy eyes were getting contacts to improve their vision beyond the norm, that would seem dubious to me.)
* Cortisone shots, similarly, seem like they are bringing an individual back to the baseline, rather than increasing beyond the baseline. They are being given to fix the injuries caused by playing.
* I'm willing to cede the "steroids are dangerous" argument, partially since I never brought it up in the first place. Sure, if individuals go ahead and damage their own health knowing the risks then that seems fair. (There are, of course, issues that crop up around individuals being pressured to damage their health by their associates, teammates, and bosses.)
The things that you're mentioning, like framing, seem completely alien to me. I understand what you're saying, but the idea that the culture and community of baseball not only sees these, but encourages them, just doesn't make any sense to me. It seems like it's going against cardinal rules of sportsmanship.