Posted By:
Matt"In some cases--unusual buildup in muscles, unusual statistical year could be a giveaway? The team connection works in certain cases...for example Orioles(Palmiero, Sosa, Gibbons, Tejada, Segui, Tatis, Patterson)."
This is absurd. That list is every power hitter on that team. While I do not deny many players have taken steroids in the majors, I do debate that it makes you a better baseball player. If more big strong guys took steroids, it's only because they figured that added strength is conducive to their style of play - hitting HRs or fastball pitchers. I'd be very interested to see cases of guys who had smaller frames and didn't hit for power in the minors, come to the majors, take steroids and become HR machines. Here's my bet - when the list comes out, it will be full of players who had no major discernible jump in stats from college/the minors to the majors. A power hitter on the list would have always been a power hitter, and a finesse pitcher who took steroids would not become a good power pitcher.