Dee Gordon's suspension for performance-enhancing drugs earlier this season broke the mold of what a stereotypical user was, shocking Major League Baseball and opening a Pandora's Box among its players.
Gordon isn't a prototypical home run hitter such as Alex Rodriguez or Mark McGwire. In fact, Gordon had just eight homers to his name before getting suspended 80 games for violating MLB’s drug policy in April.
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"I think that kind of opens the eyes to not just looking at the guy that's hitting 40 homers," Red Sox ace David Price said, via ESPN.com. "You're not just looking at the guy that's 6-2, 250 and just shredded out of his mind. It'll help anybody.
"He's not the home run guy. He's hitting the ball all over the field and running wild, stuff like that. I think that opened the eyes to a new realm of PEDs."
Price, who has never tested positive for a banned substance, said he would never use because he doesn't want to disappoint his family.
"But there's some guys that might not be very close with their family or they're on the fringe of being a big leaguer or they're tired of being an average or below-average guy," Price said. "They say, 'I can do this. Ball out for a year. If I get popped, serve my 50 games, continue to work the way I have when I'm on them. And I'm going to make these strides, and I'm not going to get weaker. I'm going to be stronger than I was, serve 50 games, make some money,' and they're OK with that. I understand that. I get it. They have one chance."
For Price, the only way to get players to stop using PEDs is with baseball's version of the death penalty.
"If you get popped, you can't play baseball anymore," he said. "Period. I think that could be the only thing they would do that would scare guys away from it."