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Old 01-13-2014, 01:54 PM
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Since PEDs were brought up, does anyone else wonder how every other major sport has almost no issues compared to MLB, yet MLB is the one that gets killed because they tried to clean up the sport? Why is it that people have no problem watching football and all these crazy things happen with huge humans doing ridiculous things and NO ONE cares. No one in their right mind can believe the NFL cracks down on players with the size they are and punishment they take.

It's mind-boggling to me that baseball does the most against PEDs, yet they also get killed the most. Every off-season, the talk is PEDs for the last ten years or so.

It's like the other three major sports all said, thanks for taking the heat MLB, we will be over here in the corner ignoring everything, occasionally finding one guy so it looks like we are doing something.

I never understood how the sport that does more than the other three major sports combined, gets the black eye.
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Since PEDs were brought up, does anyone else wonder how every other major sport has almost no issues compared to MLB, yet MLB is the one that gets killed because they tried to clean up the sport? Why is it that people have no problem watching football and all these crazy things happen with huge humans doing ridiculous things and NO ONE cares. No one in their right mind can believe the NFL cracks down on players with the size they are and punishment they take.
It's a couple things:

1) The NFL routinely busts guys and suspends them. It happens often enough that people are used to it and there's not a lot of drama surrounding it for the most part.

2) The NFL and its fans aren't as stats-driven as MLB and its fans. The magic numbers MEAN something to baseball fans. To football fans? Not so much. What's the record for receiving yards? Pass attempts? Sacks? Most fans don't know. They might know the yardage and TD records since Peyton set them this year but for the most part the records are unknown and not-cared-about. So PED usage that obliterates records, like in baseball, simply doesn't matter to the NFL fan.
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It's a couple things:

1) The NFL routinely busts guys and suspends them. It happens often enough that people are used to it and there's not a lot of drama surrounding it for the most part.

2) The NFL and its fans aren't as stats-driven as MLB and its fans. The magic numbers MEAN something to baseball fans. To football fans? Not so much. What's the record for receiving yards? Pass attempts? Sacks? Most fans don't know. They might know the yardage and TD records since Peyton set them this year but for the most part the records are unknown and not-cared-about. So PED usage that obliterates records, like in baseball, simply doesn't matter to the NFL fan.
I know there are some guys that get busted in the NFL, but they obviously don't crack down on it, otherwise half the league would be suspended, which is why they probably don't do it. I may have just answered my own question there. I could look it up, but off-hand, I don't remember any NBA or NHL steroid suspensions.

The second part is probably correct, I just don't understand why baseball gets 99% of the PED attention between the four major sports. I would doubt they have half the users of football and no more than either of the other two leagues
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Since PEDs were brought up, does anyone else wonder how every other major sport has almost no issues compared to MLB, yet MLB is the one that gets killed because they tried to clean up the sport? Why is it that people have no problem watching football and all these crazy things happen with huge humans doing ridiculous things and NO ONE cares. No one in their right mind can believe the NFL cracks down on players with the size they are and punishment they take.

It's mind-boggling to me that baseball does the most against PEDs, yet they also get killed the most. Every off-season, the talk is PEDs for the last ten years or so.

It's like the other three major sports all said, thanks for taking the heat MLB, we will be over here in the corner ignoring everything, occasionally finding one guy so it looks like we are doing something.

I never understood how the sport that does more than the other three major sports combined, gets the black eye.
I think it's multiple things.

First, as has been mentioned, numbers mean a lot more in baseball. Most everyone knows the season and career home run records. The home run chase by McGwire and Sosa was a huge deal where hoards of fans were watching and following each at bat. The only thing somewhat comparable in football are the touchdown and passing records (and rushing yards), but very few people were following Manning as he was breaking record. People congratulated him, but it wasn't front page news like the home run chase. So when fans find out that these hallowed records are being broken by "cheaters," it leads a much more raw feeling in people's mouths. "I was so excited when I was following the chase, and now I found out these guys were juiced...."

Second, and related to the previous one, I think the baseball Hall of Fame is the most respected out of all sports, especially because of its long history. Therefore, when fans think that players got in unfairly, they are more upset.

Another thing I think is due to the longevity and player contracts in baseball. You have huge guaranteed contracts in baseball. Baseball players can play until they are nearly forty, and make huge money for many of those years. If they gain those contracts by juicing, it simply seems unfair. They don't get paid for their suspension, but they still get paid plenty when the penalty is over. I think I read somewhere that said ARod is still guaranteed 63 million after his one year suspension is over. Other players like Mickey Cabrera and Johnny Peralta (sp?) were still given large free agent contracts immediately following a PED suspension. For football, the career is much shorter, and other than the signing bonus, the contract is usually not guaranteed. Football also seems like a much more "dangerous" sport, so most fans give them a pass as they feel they earned it due to the nature of their sport.
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I think it's multiple things.

First, as has been mentioned, numbers mean a lot more in baseball. Most everyone knows the season and career home run records. The home run chase by McGwire and Sosa was a huge deal where hoards of fans were watching and following each at bat. The only thing somewhat comparable in football are the touchdown and passing records (and rushing yards), but very few people were following Manning as he was breaking record. People congratulated him, but it wasn't front page news like the home run chase. So when fans find out that these hallowed records are being broken by "cheaters," it leads a much more raw feeling in people's mouths. "I was so excited when I was following the chase, and now I found out these guys were juiced...."

Second, and related to the previous one, I think the baseball Hall of Fame is the most respected out of all sports, especially because of its long history. Therefore, when fans think that players got in unfairly, they are more upset.

Another thing I think is due to the longevity and player contracts in baseball. You have huge guaranteed contracts in baseball. Baseball players can play until they are nearly forty, and make huge money for many of those years. If they gain those contracts by juicing, it simply seems unfair. They don't get paid for their suspension, but they still get paid plenty when the penalty is over. I think I read somewhere that said ARod is still guaranteed 63 million after his one year suspension is over. Other players like Mickey Cabrera and Johnny Peralta (sp?) were still given large free agent contracts immediately following a PED suspension. For football, the career is much shorter, and other than the signing bonus, the contract is usually not guaranteed. Football also seems like a much more "dangerous" sport, so most fans give them a pass as they feel they earned it due to the nature of their sport.
Good answer, thanks. I don't watch much football, usually only when I'm forced to, no real interest in the sport. Watching it the other day was just sad. I think I saw about 15 guys leave the game injured between the two games and the announcers are so used to it, they just move on like nothing happened. I'm not sure what parent in their right mind would let their kid play football after watching how many guys leave with concussions. If I had a kid, I'd tell them, you want to play football, do it when you're 18 and old enough to know the consequences of multiple concussions. I would never start them down that path. Just a sad sport to watch.
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It's like the other three major sports all said, thanks for taking the heat MLB, we will be over here in the corner ignoring everything, occasionally finding one guy so it looks like we are doing something.

I never understood how the sport that does more than the other three major sports combined, gets the black eye.
I'd give the MLB more props to what it was doing if it wasn't brought to this point kicking and screaming. Selig and the owners had their collective heads up their sand for years until their monopoly was threatened. While they may not have known all the players (no pun intended), they knew full well what was going on until they were "forced" to do something about it. A-Rod is a liar and a cheat, but definitely also a useful target for Selig to exit stage left as being "tough on steroids".

Maybe we need one of our esteemed board members to become a real commissioner?
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Bo Jackson had some serious power. Agree with Kingman too. Josh Hamilton wasn't exactly hitting little choppers all over the field.. Albert Belle(ped suspicions aside, mostly due to his attitude) hit some absolute f'ing rockets..
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This made me dig out an old book, "A rooters guide to the Red Sox" from 1974. It has an interesting section on Home runs, including a number of long ones.

At the time there had only been five hit completely out to the right of the flagpole. An interesting list

May22, 1937 Hank Greenberg
Aug 12, 1937 Jimmy Foxx
Apr 20, 1957 Bill Skowron
May 16, 1970 Yaz
Sept. 29, 1973 Bobby Mitchell

Jim Rice joined that club in 1975
Most of those were about 8-10 feet to the right,

Mantle came very close, hitting one that nearly cleared but being 30-40 feet to the right didn't quite make it - still hit at around 480 ft.

The renovations and scoreboard in 76 made it nearly impossible, But Nomar had one that would have been out. It hit on the "new" wall section above the brick. (And of course was probably aided by chemistry)

That section of wall is gone now, so there will be others.


Of the homers I've seen in person Rice was by far the most powerful.
The longest Homer I've ever seen televised was one Kingman hit at Fenway during his brief time with the Yankees. It hit up in the bank of lights on the second tower over from the leftfield line at Fenway. I never even see it mentioned, but it was amazing.

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This little book has been around for awhile (3 decades) and has been updated by the author (3rd edition in 2002). The physical limits of how far a baseball can be hit are discussed in one of the chapters. It is an interesting read and was written by a physicist for the non-physicists among us. It is still available on Amazon. Participants in this thread might enjoy it as well as the answers it tries to provide. Hint: An 800 foot HR ain't going to happen.
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Yes, the Glenallen Hill home run came to mind. I saw one at Miller Park in Milwaukee from of all people, CC Sabathia, that was a monster shot. I recall Dave Kingman belting a few at Wrigley that landed down the street outside the park. If I remember correctly his homeruns tended to be as high as they were far.
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Since PEDs were brought up, does anyone else wonder how every other major sport has almost no issues compared to MLB, yet MLB is the one that gets killed because they tried to clean up the sport? Why is it that people have no problem watching football and all these crazy things happen with huge humans doing ridiculous things and NO ONE cares. No one in their right mind can believe the NFL cracks down on players with the size they are and punishment they take.

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It's like the other three major sports all said, thanks for taking the heat MLB, we will be over here in the corner ignoring everything, occasionally finding one guy so it looks like we are doing something.

I never understood how the sport that does more than the other three major sports combined, gets the black eye.
I think the reason for this is that numbers are so sacred in baseball. Record-holders are revered more than in any other sport. In football, no one cares who has the most rushing TDs, so if someone comes along and breaks the record looking like they stepped out of a comic book, there aren't a bunch of fans who are offended. They are just entertained. With baseball, you grow up memorizing all the numbers and it really doesn't feel right to have a guy with a size 9 head break 755.
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I think the reason for this is that numbers are so sacred in baseball. Record-holders are revered more than in any other sport. In football, no one cares who has the most rushing TDs, so if someone comes along and breaks the record looking like they stepped out of a comic book, there aren't a bunch of fans who are offended. They are just entertained. With baseball, you grow up memorizing all the numbers and it really doesn't feel right to have a guy with a size 9 head break 755.
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