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Posted By: jay behrens

Mac did hit a ton of HRs right out the gate. We don't know if he was already doing steroids or not. The thing people seem to forget is that when you make it to the majors, you do not have your hitting skills perfected yet. This comes with time. I'm sure if you look at every player, thier skills increase after entering the league whether they took steroids or not.

I'm not saying that they don't help, but it's not the sole reason for the increase. Training is better and because HR hitters make the big bucks, people swing for the fences more. As Boggs, Gwynn and anyone else that knows anything about hitting, swinging to get a hit and swinging to get a HR are two different things. More than a few players ahve said they don't like participating in the AS game HR Derby because they claim it messes with their swing because they need swing different for that contest.

Jay

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