Tommy Lasorda recently gave a 'motivational speech to the lucky employees of something called "The Mudd Company' During said speech, he spoke out against steriods...

"They're cheating. Anybody who takes it is cheating," Lasorda noted, speaking sternly. "If I were a pitcher, and I pitched against a guy who was taking them, I'd pitch right under his lip.

"Everybody says, 'Well, they (still) have to hit the ball.' ... Yeah, but those balls that were going to the warning track are now in the stands."
 

Lasorda has a hard time singing the praises of today's players. Like all baseball diehards, Lasorda has heard of the steroid-inspired depositions of stars like Andy Pettitte. And, he no doubt read about the Mitchell Report, which linked 15 Dodgers to the use of performance-enhancers.

"Yeah, I worry about it," Lasorda allowed. "If guys are cheating, that's not right."

Tuesday, Lasorda spoke to a host of 9-to-5ers about improving their workplace each and every day. He's spent the better part of six decades trying to do the same for the big leagues.

So, when people talk about baseball's tarnished image, it stings the old skipper.

Lasorda said his childhood heroes were men like Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams and Hank Greenberg -- stars with seemingly pristine images.

Now, he's not sure who today's Little Leaguers should look up to.

"They can't look up to those guys, that's for sure," Lasorda sighed, referring to steroid abusers.

"It has been reported," he continued, "that 500,000 high schoolers in this country are taking steroids. Those are the ones that (Congress is) worried about.

"We can't allow kids to take 'em. Because (they are) harmful, and it'll lead 'em down the path of destruction."

So, with apologies to Barry McGuire, we offer 'Path of Destruction'...
 

Those biceps and hamstrings, they are explodin’

Violence flarin’, heads a-rollin’

You can take shots for healin’, but not for dopin’

You don’t believe in cheatin’, but that ain’t flaxseed that you’re totin’

And McCovey cove is filled with-a bodies floatin’

But you tell me

Over and over and over again, my friend

Ah, you don’t believe

We’re on the path

of destruction.

Don’t you understand what Roger’s up against today?

They’re trying to take his spot in the Hall of Fame away

Mark McGuire already tried ‘I have nothin’ much to say’

There’ll be no one to save, and things’ll look grave

[Take a look around ya Bud, it's bound to scare ya Bud]

And you tell me

Over and over and over again, my friend

Ah, you don’t believe

We’re on the path

of destruction.

Some player’s blood’s so full of junk, it’s not even coagulatin’

Roger’s sitting in the witness chair just contemplatin’

Everyone twists the truth, it knows no regulation.

Handful of senators are dyin’ to pass legislation

And TV hearings can make you forget the creepin’ inflation

While human respect is disintegratin’

This whole crazy world is just too frustratin’

And you tell me

Over and over and over again, my friend

Ah, you don’t believe

We’re on the path

of destruction.