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Originally Posted by insidethewrapper
Just as you can't compare the Deadball era against other era's stats. You can't compare the Steroid era either. You just pick out the best players from that era and put the top 1% in the Hall of Fame.
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Again this is an apples to oranges comparison. The deadball era was a period of time in which EVERY player was subjected to the nuances of the era. In other words, a level playing field. It's borderline naive to overlook how drastically steroids changed the playing field for some players and not others. These aren't energy drinks or little green pills. They are dangerous chemicals that radically alter ones physical body, strength and performance. Again, shades of grey. It's easy to say cheating is cheating and lump steroids in with emery boards and vaseline and mushy baseballs, but comparing those things is simply not accurate. Just look at the stats and it's pretty apparent how quick and radical the effect of PED's was on the game.