John Rocker believes steroids in baseball made the game better. The former Atlanta Braves pitcher said in an interview that the MLB was at its prime during the heyday of steroids, and the fans were truly getting their money's worth.
Rocker shared his feelings about steroids on Tuesday with CBS Sports Radio in Cleveland.
"Honestly, and this may go against what some people think from an ethical stand point, I think it was a better game," Rocker said. "At the end of the day when people are paying their $80, $120 whatever it may be, to buy their ticket and come watch that game, it's almost like the circus is in town.
"They are paid to be entertained. They wanna [sic] see some clown throw a fastball 101 mph and some other guy hit it 500 feet. That's entertainment. You're paying to be entertained."
Rocker, perhaps best known for controversy, doesn't believe there was ever a better time in baseball than the steroid heyday in the last 1990s.
"And was there anything more entertaining than 1998 - I don't care how each man got there - was there anything more entertaining than 1998? ...Watching Sammy Sosa and Mark McGuire chase 61 home runs?
"That was a mesmerizing time for every baseball fan out there...the people were getting their money's worth."
While voicing his concern that baseball fans get the most for their money, Rocker also addressed the idea of steroids being completely eradicated from the game. Because of continuing advances in chemistry, he's convinced it will never happen.
"The best tests out there, the ones the Olympics use, can only test for 500 molecular combinations of 50,000 possible combinations," he said (via Yahoo! Sports). "They're going to cost ya', but the guys who want them can certainly pay for a chemist to build them."
Listen to the full interview HERE.
Rocker made news in January when he suggested the 2nd Amendment in Germany would have prevented the Holocaust.
