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HankronA simpler way to look at it is that steroids makes a batter able to swing the bat quicker and faster-- this is how the increase home run power is generated. As exemplified by the aluminum bat, power is gained because increased speed not wieght (Despite age old lore, using a heavier bat does not increase your power).
Now, irrelevant to home run totals, would someone reasonably argue that the increased bat speed produced by steroids will not help increase a batter's batting average, whether he is a commoner or a All-Star? And would someone reasnably argue that a high quality 20/20 vision singles hitter like Wade Boggs or Tony Gwynn or Bill Buckner would not have loved to be able to increase their bat speed so as to raise their average?