watchman's Blog

Skeptics can find more reasoning than just steriods. They will say the ball is livelier, the bats are better, conditioning is more efficient than back in the day, the parks are different. Fact is, if your going to keep changing the circumstances and the conditions, you might as well not have records!

I think people are making a big deal about the entire steriods thing....personally I believe steriod use is so common that reporters pick and choose who they portray as steriod users.....Notice those who are in the news, or caught up in any legal issues are the ones who are usually picked upon (ex. Barry Bonds)....and I'm not even a baseball fan, I'm a basketball guy

Am I the only one who finds it VERY odd that this guy hit the majority of his home runs after his 35th birthday??? Don't tell me he hasn't taken steroids, HGH, "the Clear," or some other enhancer. EVERY SINGLE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE experiences some diminishing skills as they get into their 30s, especially their upper 30s. This guy was a good hitter who could hit homers, but NOBODY even entertained the thought of him becoming the HR king until a few years ago. A guy goes from hitting 30-40 HR in a year to hitting 73 practically overnight, and you don't even want to question that??

McGwire, Sosa, and others are just as guilty. It's no coincidence that these guys all started crushing the ball (and suddenly sprouting freakishly huge arms) at the same time.

Kincaid--Yes, the media chooses who to pick on because this target happens to be scribbling his name in the history books, probably due in part to illegal enhancements!! No, steroids alone won't guarantee homers, but if you already know how to hit, the extra strength will turn a routine fly ball into a deeper drive, often a homer. Nobody's saying that he couldn't play ball without the juice. That sudden surge of power in his (athletically) old age is quite mysterious though...