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Judge DredI'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that one of the reasons that people like baseball is because of the statistics.
Hank Aaron - (7) x 30HR, (8) x 40HR and no 50+HR seasons - High = 47 in 23 seasons.
Willie Mays - (5) x 30HR, (4) x 40HR and (2) x 50HR seasons - High = 52 in 22 seasons.
Teddy Ballgame - (7) x 30HR, (1) x 40HR and (0) 50HR seasons - High = 43 in 19 seasons.
Mel Ott - (7) x 30HR, (1) x 40HR and (0) 50HR seasons - High = 42 in 22 seasons.
Frank Robinson - (10) x 30HR, (1) x 40HR and (0) 50HR seasons - High = 49 in 21 seasons.
I would guess that none of those players juiced up because it wasn't something that was done "back in the day".
Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds probably had the same natural ability to whip that bat around as the above listed greats did, but if you look at them from the time that they started their careers and now you will see a freakish difference in size and muscle mass. Now, I'm going to go out on a limb here and just guess that "maybe" those guys took a shot now and then.
I don't believe that steroids by themselves will give a player the ability to jack the ball. What I believe is that if a player already has the ability to jack the ball then the roids will only enhance that ability. If you can't jack one out already then roids probably wont help too much. I don't think that roids will enhance your hand eye coordination. I'm sure that roids will give a player the ability to generate much more bat speed. I bet there are a few guys out there (on this board) that used to play ball and I would venture to guess that if any of them did a lot of weight training they will atest to the fact that when they were training hard with weights they had a little more "umph" on their swings. Those that had the ability to go yard probably felt it even more.