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Post by allstarmike2k5 on Sept 21, 2005 18:35:51 GMT -5
Why does everyone have to just jump on Barrys back. "He is using, omg all his homeruns should be erased". Why cant you all just realize maybe he actually has the talent to hit all those homeruns... No one's saying he doesn't have the talent to hit a ton of home runs...he was going to get to 500 without the juice anyway, since he is a great hitter. The thing I have a problem with is him gaining about 75 pounds of pure muscle in less than a decade, and his head has literally grown, which it doesn't do when you're in your late 30's/early 40's as Barry has been during his little tear. My guess is that he's most likely on HGH, not necessarily steroids. I don't believe there are any tests for HGH other than maybe blood tests, but even those aren't 100% accurate. The truth is that there are probably a lot of MLB and NFL players that are now on HGH due to most steroids being banned. You are correct HGH is the most used "steriod" i believe in the pros since it isn't banned |
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Post by BstnRdSx on Sept 22, 2005 7:02:37 GMT -5
And how do you know he isn't juicing? Because he was hurt?
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Post by allstarmike2k5 on Sept 22, 2005 19:04:04 GMT -5
I never said that he did....
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Post by Centaur on Oct 3, 2005 22:45:06 GMT -5
I don't know that home runs are that far down this year. When you lose the top home run producer (Barry Bonds) and other preennial power hitters are getting older every year (Sosa, Bagwell, Palmario ect.) The youngbloods don't always seem to match up with them. The 70 home run seasons were spectacular and amazing, but still very very very rare. There are 2 players with 50+ homeruns, and many players in the 40s. I also think some if it has to do with the recent surge of good young pitchers, such as Johan Santana (Minn), Jake Peavy (SD), and others make it harder to hit the long ball. I don't really think that home run numbers are all that important, to me they fall somewhere behind RBIs OBP, BA, OPS.
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Post by dkgojackets on Oct 4, 2005 16:36:01 GMT -5
Steroids may have some role, but I think its mainly just a cyclical thing, not to mention the number of guys that have been hurt this year.
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Post by bearcat on Oct 5, 2005 0:51:25 GMT -5
For all we know, HR's could dive again next year.
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Post by bravest on Oct 5, 2005 11:07:39 GMT -5
Duh, but that isn't a problem. You could blame it on Adrian Beltre for not even matching half of his total from last year, but the fact of the matter is that the banning steroids play, and will continue to play, a huge role in determining the homerun total from year to year.
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