棒球大联盟赛事是美国的全民性休闲活动，为确保运动员不迫于压力服用危险的类固醇药物而损害自己的身体健康、保证各支球队在公平的条件下比赛并让球迷观看到杜绝兴奋剂的赛事树立了典范。

棒球运动是怎样做到这一点的呢？

在本世纪之初，球迷们发现一些运动员强壮了不少，一个赛季内的本垒打次数等保持了很长时间的记录不仅被打破，而且被彻底刷新。

原因何在呢？很多人怀疑球员使用了能提高比赛成绩的违禁药物。球队和球员都明白，如果棒球运动失去了球迷的信任，就不会有任何赢家。

他们着手采取行动。

棒球大联盟前主席巴德·塞利格（Bud Selig）说：“我们需要一劳永逸地制定一项非常严格、全面的禁类固醇的政策。”[请见英文报道]

2003年，棒球大联盟（MLB）同意开始对球员进行匿名尿检，检验他们是否服用了能提高比赛成绩的违禁药物。

现在，尿检呈阳性的球员将面临严格的处罚：

• 初犯：禁赛50场。
• 再犯：禁赛100场。
• 三犯：终生禁赛。 
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在棒球大联盟官员表示还需要继续保持警惕的同时，现任主席罗布·曼弗雷德（Rob Manfred）说：“我认为我们这项运动比以往任何时候都更干净。我认为我们的检测项目在现有的科学条件下是有可能做到的最好的项目。”

喜爱冬季奥运会的体育迷们有理由因最近披露的兴奋剂事件感到上当受骗。而棒球运动可能能为解决这个问题提供经验。 

How one sport beat doping

Sports doping is worldwide news … again. How can we ensure fair and drug-free competition?

Major league baseball, America’s “national pastime,” offers a model that assures that players aren’t pressured to pollute their bodies with dangerous steroids, teams compete on equal grounds, and fans enjoy a clean game.

How did baseball do it?

Back in the early 2000s, fans noticed that some players had bulked up — a lot. Long-standing records like most home runs in a season were not just broken, but shattered.

Something had changed. Many suspected performance-enhancing substances. Teams and players understood that if baseball fans lost trust in the sport, everyone would lose.

They took action.

“We once and for all need a very tough, comprehensive steroid policy,” said former Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig.

In 2003, Major League Baseball (MLB) agreed to begin anonymous urine testing of players for performance-enhancing drugs.

Today a positive drug test triggers strict penalties:

• First violation: 50-game suspension.
• Second violation: 100-game suspension.
• Third violation: lifetime ban from the sport.

While MLB officials acknowledge that continued vigilance is needed, current MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says: “I think our game is cleaner than it’s ever been. I think our testing program is as good as it can possibly be given the available science.”

Winter Olympics fans are right to feel cheated by the latest doping revelations. The answer may be as close as the baseball diamond.