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Originally Posted by rainier2004
Andy - Everything you say is completely logical, well thought out, thorough and shows good application of stats for comparison sake. The fact that Bonds has those HR/K numbers is amazing in this day of baseball and resembles the power hitters of the 40s and 50s....but I still despise Bonds, we all know he was on PEDS regardless if he peed dirty and Mr. Aaron is still my HR king. I say keep him out...
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Just asking you since you brought up Hank Aaron, who admitted to trying amphetamines once in his career. Do you seriously believe his story? He claimed to have no idea what it was and he only did it once because it made his nervous/anxious. We all know now that the players from the 60's took them quite often and while it didn't have the effect of steroids, it helped them compile stats because they were up for every game, so that is an obvious help. I just didn't like the "peer pressure" and only tried it once story that Aaron concocted. I'm not sure how people just let that go without calling bull.
Not trying to single out Aaron, but he was the one that came out with the crazy story. If someone hit 40 homers at age 39 nowadays, that would send up huge red flags. Since amphetamines are illegal now in the game, you could easily make a case for Ruth still being the home run king, but no one does.
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