There are plenty of guys who have tested for steriods that obviously didnt put up big numbers. Because your on steriods doesnt mean your ripped and doesnt mean other injuries cant off set what you've gained.
I did not say Dunn or Griffey used steriods but at my point is a lot of people just assumed they didnt.........same was for A-Rod before this happend. I remember last season a sportscaster commenting that A-Rod was obviously not one of those guys tainted......wrong.
Both the players and MLB itself have played us like a fiddle for years. They knew exactly what was going on but were making too much money to care. Now that more and more allegations are out, they are in damage control mode and don't want to hurt their bottom line. They will not truly change anything unless absolutely forced.
If anyone thinks that the game is currently clean, bless their hearts. Players may need to try harder to hide their use, but any good chemist can get around some simple urine tests.
I normally side with the players union on most issues, but here they really dropped the ball. They have been protecting too many criminals for too long. I'm putting most of this at their feet.
Variatio delectat - Cicero
I would. Steroids is going to take a lot more from baseball than it gave in the long run. I would opine that it already has. 61 was a magic number. 61 is gone now. Forever. And that magic number has disappeared all because players decided to cheat. 755 is gone as well. I am willing to bet that a large percentage of people who call themselves baseball fans no longer know what the current record is for lifetime home runs. Honestly, I don't. I would have to look it up. So now the numbers 73 and 762 have wrongfully taken their place in the record books. Does anyone care? Does anyone feel those are legitimate records? 73 will probably be there forever without the aid of steroids. And if any player ever does threaten that number, somewhere down the line, the whispers will begin. What is he on? That is what steroids has done to baseball. Throw the cheating dogs out of the game. Not for 50 games or a 100 games or a season. Throw them out forever. They have stolen something that baseball will never get back.
Good. Couldn't have happened to a more condescending jerk. The Bronx Zoo is back in effect. Yankees got this circus for 9 more years..............:
NY Daily News writer says A-Rod is a bust for the Hall of Fame chances
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba..._to_baseb.html
2009 Attendance Record: 3-5 2010 Attendance Record: 2-9 2015 Attendance Record: 2-0
2011 Attendance Record: 3-4 2012 Attendance Record: 3-4
2013 Attendance Record: 5-2 2014 Attendance Record: 3-1
This is simply never going to end and baseball will just never be the same. Very sad.
"The Hall of Fame is there to keep alive the memory of people. You don't need to do that with people like Buck [O'Niel] and Joe [Nuxhall]. Nobody's forgetting those guys."
- Joe Posnanski
Personally I wish all players to take steroids and to throw harder and hit the ball farther and harder.
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
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