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Cincinatti Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo certainly has taken a unique approach to the steroids controversy. After admitting to previously taken Andro, the substance made famous in 1998 when Mark McGwire took the drug, Arroyo has said that he still takes many supplements that are not on the MLB-approved list. “I have a lot of guys in [the locker room] who think I’m out of [my] mind because I’m taking a lot of things not on the [MLB-approved] list,” Arroyo said, according to a USA Today report. “I take 10 to 12 different things a day, and on the days I pitch, there’s four more things.

Watching PTI earlier today, Wilbon said that he honestly found Arroyo’s position refreshing. In some ways, I agree. He hasn’t been caught with illicit substances, and he is being straight-forward with the media, telling it how it is, like he did when Ortiz’ name came forward, and that is probably a good thing. Now, I don’t know the types of substances he is taking, but Arroyo made another good point when he said that everyone freaks out about steroids and supplements because of the dangers to the body, but no one complains about McDonalds, Burger King and KFC, which are in fact killers. I can’t deny I agree (although as a vegetarian this is relatively easy for me).