Guy just hit his 31st HR.
Is it legit? Will suspicions arise?
Guy just hit his 31st HR.
Is it legit? Will suspicions arise?
Rounding third and heading for home...
Guy has always had power and just hit his peak age, I don't see the problem.
SLG over 700 though, wow.
Davis has always had explosive power. He hit 33 HR last year and had another season of 21, so popping off 40-50 in a freakish career year doesn't seem impossible.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Agree on the average too, Jose Bautista had his career year with a mid 300s average recently, and then tailed off to his career norms while keeping the power. Seems how a lot of these players who absolutely go nuts for a year like this end up shaking out.
I wouldn't be surprised if Davis drops down to a 270ish hitter again after this season but remains a ~40 HR guy in the process.
*BaseClogger* (07-01-2013),Norm Chortleton (06-30-2013)
I love his swing, doesn't appear as if he swings very hard but the ball just flies.
Clearly a roider
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
Career mediocre player who is on a pace to hit 62 bombs and 50 plus doubles. Definite suspicion
He's always had power, and now is getting a chance to play everyday, so I doubt it's anything unnatural.
However...
I think everyone did think for a second that it might not be natural, which just goes to show that in this day and age, any big increase in power creates some suspicion.
Hoping to change my username to 75769024
If he didn't look like a defensive end for the Ravens, I may not have wondered.
Rounding third and heading for home...
Sooner or later the common fan will learn what the statistics have shown for years now: the effects of steroids were dramatically overblown. Actually it will probably take decades for most fans to figure that out, mainly because they don't want to believe it. The whole "steroids were the reason" myth is so deeply ingrained in the public consciousness that it is a waste of time to even attempt to explain why it is wrong. People emotionally freak out when their sacred paradigm is challenged, even when it rather easily disproved.
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