In the 1980s and 1990s, baseball's struggles with viewership and popularity led many to believe the sport faced permanent decline. 

Enter the steroid era, where some of the game's most talented stars shattered home run and offensive records left and right, reinvigorating America's past time. (With a little help.)

But while baseball initially turned a blind eye to why players suddenly possessed super-human strength, they threw the lot of them under the bus after the fact. 

But at the height of baseball's steroid era, even Jose Canseco tried to convince us that his biceps were all natural.