April 6, 200719 yr While pitchers certainly juiced also, here is the incontrovertible proof that hitters had the advantage. I'll leave it to someone else to decide if it was the baseball itself or performance enhancers. Here are the HR and slugging stats for an American League outfielder: 1994: 12 homers, .419 slugging 1995: 16 homers, .444 slugging 1996: 50 Homers, .637 slugging 1997: 18 homers, .469 slugging 1998: 18 homers, .420 slugging The player? Maybe the most unlikely member of the "50 homers in a season" club - Brady Anderson.
April 6, 200719 yr While pitchers certainly juiced also, here is the incontrovertible proof that hitters had the advantage. I'll leave it to someone else to decide if it was the baseball itself or performance enhancers. Here are the HR and slugging stats for an American League outfielder: 1994: 12 homers, .419 slugging 1995: 16 homers, .444 slugging 1996: 50 Homers, .637 slugging 1997: 18 homers, .469 slugging 1998: 18 homers, .420 slugging The player? Maybe the most unlikely member of the "50 homers in a season" club - Brady Anderson. I think he just excercised, ate right, and stayed focused. Then the next year it all went to his head and he lost his focus.:sssh: Seriously though if you had to be told these guys were one roids and it some how comes to a shock to you, then I'd hate to see what else you aren't picking up on in life. I mean come on people.
April 6, 200719 yr I would love to see Balco Barry go "Deep".............Deep out of baseball and Deep out of consideration for the hall. Bonds is about to and will "smear" the most treasuered record in all of sports in this season. I know that others disagree and I respect that, that is jmo.
April 6, 200719 yr The problem is that fails to take all of the steroid era pitchers in to account. Juice took a lot of 90 mph "heaters" up to the 100 mph range. The game spun out of control on both sides, but Bonds was left as the scapegoat... I don't doubt your statement here one bit, you make a good point and I am sure that it is probably true. Imo that does not make it right or give Bonds a "free pass" in the thing. :thumb:
April 6, 200719 yr Strike, I agree that performance enhancing drugs can not make you hit the ball but it does make you stronger for a while before it breaks you down. Bonds was a good contact hitter before and had average power but it doesn't add up that he'd never hit over 49 homeruns before cracking 73 in 2001. Then he went back down and has yet to crack 50 again. He may not be taking steroids now but it is all but certain that he has, probably along with others, but he does not deserve to break this record and I know it will eventually be broken but how about a guy that hasn't cheated.Than if you want to use that argument, include every pitcher who has applied a foreign substance to the ball, every hitter, who has removed ounces from his bat or corked it, any athlete who has taken supplements and what about cortisone, to help recover.....just because it's legal, does it make it okay. The purity of the game, is what most argue with regards to Bonds but seem not to, with others. Hitting 50 HR's is an amazing accomplishment and during the boom, with Sosa, McGwire and Bonds were at 70....I have a reasonable idea, what was happening but his accomplishments, over his career is my point.
April 10, 200719 yr I hope Barry Bonds has a good season as well as breaking the Homerun record. I hope the Giants make the postseason also.
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