Was PUD GALVIN The First Doper?

[Brick442]

I never understood why modern fans do not realize that cheating has been around forever. Wasn't there an early 1900s American League team that hid a concrete pad in front of home plate in order to hit "Baltimore Chops"? You never hear anything about Gaylord Perry and other spitballers. Tom House's (I believe it was him) allegations that the 70s Braves were juicing (Hank Aaron, Davy Johnson) were swept under the rug or ignored.

I not saying steroids are okay, but they were not illegal in baseball at the time. Heck, for some of the foreign players, they weren't even illegal in their home countries.

[raulus]

Count me in the camp that doesn't understand why historical chemical abuses are ignored or explained away while more modern examples are such a focus.

But that could largely be a function of being a Giants fanboy who feels like my man Bonds gets an oversize heaping of blame for his misdeeds, while others are largely overlooked.

Also explains why I'm boycotting Cooperstown until they let him in.

I guess Ortiz is okay for enshrinement because he wasn't quite the misanthrope towards the writers.