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Originally Posted by piecesofthegame

Came across this USA Today article this morning, needless to say it got my attention. It’s not every day you see an article with PUD GALVIN in the title. Found it an amusing account!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...d/70610061007/

The story of Pud Galvin is widely known by many who study the history of our game. If we're being honest, doping of any kind has been going on since the sport began. Whether it was players like Galvin or Ruth getting injected with animal testosterone, Mantle paying money to visit "Dr. Feelgood" to inject him with something that led to an infection later on, or the copious amount of players that popped Greenies liked candy in order to be on high alert and ready to hit/pitch anything. Doping in our sport has been around for a long time. It's only been recent, when the players from the steroid era truly became stigmatized for doing something.