Success Quote by Lou Brock

Brock’s line lands like an old pro finally tired of watching the game pretend it doesn’t see what’s right in front of it. The phrase “radical move” isn’t melodrama; it’s an indictment of baseball’s long habit of handling scandal with a wink, a committee, and a hope the news cycle moves on. He’s talking about enforcement, yes, but also about spectacle: the only way to “get the attention of everyone” is to make the response as public and jarring as the offense has been.

The blunt moral framing - “Cheaters can’t win” - reads less like a slogan than a boundary marker. Brock came up in an era when baseball sold itself as a craft: repetition, patience, small edges earned honestly. Steroids don’t just violate rules in that worldview; they rewrite what counts as skill, and they pressure clean players into becoming suckers. When he says steroids have put “us” in a position, he spreads the blame outward. Not just players, but owners, the union, the league office, even fans who rewarded the long-ball boom with applause and dollars.

The most revealing word is “OK.” Brock isn’t arguing that everyone approves of cheating; he’s arguing that the sport has normalized it through selective outrage and soft consequences. His intent is to force a cultural reset: make cheating expensive enough - socially and professionally - that the next generation doesn’t treat it as a career strategy.