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Originally posted by macallan25
Also, I was listening to ESPN radio and they had some interesting statistics. Of the 104 players that have failed drug tests for steroids, more than 54% of them have been pitchers. So before people start bashing all of the great hitters in MLB, they may want to consider the fact that there was a very good possibility of them having to face a juiced up pitcher every game.
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That's the thing people don't get - steroids can help pitchers too, as far as velocity, stamina, and other factors. It's affecting both sides, pitching and hitting.
Luis Gonzalez is an interesting case; his home runs went down, but his batting average was still higher than it had been for the first few years of his career. He wasn't a bad player in his first few years; he just wasn't putting up the numbers he did the last five years or so.
It's almost like waiting for the next shoe to drop; who's going to be snagged, and is it going to be someone we expect, or someone random (like Matt Lawton).