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One difference is, in baseball and many other sports, the doping is for an edge in fast-twitch muscle reaction or strength, but it is not generally life-threatening. In cycling and other endurance sports, there are multiple instances of individuals doping to the point that they died as a result of over-taxing the human cardio-vascular system.