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EGRI- so you've picked Hank Aaron, eh?
Egri- a heartfelt "thanks" for naming Hank Aaron, baseball's most
consistent HR and RBI producer and an American hero. You're helping me.... I checked Hank's stats from 1966-70. His 1968 stats were slightly below average in HR and RBI (29 and 87 rather than mid 30s and 100), with batting average and games played normal. There was no "miracle jump" in stats in 68,69, or 70. Alas, your guys Sosa, McGwire, and Bonds can't say the same... Bonds was a great player whose HR numbers ballooned in early 2000s with 73(!) in 01, about FIFTY percent higher than his second best HR total. Sosa's stats are jaw dropping, he went from a lower 30s HR guy to 4 consecutive seasons averaging 60! McGwire is tougher due to injury, but his 70 HR came- guess when?- during the same time frame. Smell what I'm cooking? Now on to Hank's "amphetamines". Did he use them to add pop to his swing or to increase bat speed? Stats do NOT back that up, they say the opposite. How about for the remarkable restorative/recuperative power of 1960s stimulants? I don't think so. I haven't read the book, so what was the amphetamine exactly? A "greenie"? The equivalent of a Red Bull today? See how they just don't quite feel the same? I would hope so. And again, I am not arguing that yesterday's players are "saints" or "angels". I am arguing that they did NOT engage in a long term, concerted clinical effort that they knew was a serious violation of MLB policy, to beat a cherished HR season record . Finally, the phrases "straw man" and "ad hominem" sound impressive- but it helps when you use them properly. My argument is direct and not straw, and you are on the wrong end of it- at no time did I say "you're ugly and your momma dresses you funny", which would have been ad hominem. The PED guys rolled dice and lost- and STILL might make the Hall. End of story. Trent King |
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