Giambi apologized profusely but wouldn’t say what he was sorry about, perhaps because he was afraid of being prosecuted for perjury. I’m sure it was lawyerly advice. Pettitte said he was sorry for using HGH but said he only used it to recover from injury and didn’t cheat. Both were ridiculous in their own way. I don’t think Alex Rodriguez made any excuses like that, though.
As far as I’m concerned, Babe Ruth holds the single season home run record. He did it when it was a 154 game season. All the others who hit more than 60 did it in a 162 game season.
In game 154, Bonds hit #68.
As far as I’m concerned Roger Connor still holds the record because he did it without juiced balls in 140 games.
Babe was juiced, not the balls!
Do you have the same level of condescension for the 1970’s-era Steelers dynasty and their known steroid issues (almost ushering in the era, if you must) as you do for the roid monsters in baseball?
LOL
I’m one of those fans who thinks the home run single season record is 73 and the career record is 762. Both held by Barry Bonds.
That’s the second time you’ve brought this up. I don’t care that they did it to themselves, I don’t care that baseball players did it, I simply DO NOT CARE. If players take their health into their own hands, it is their business, and I’m sick to death of the fake outrage.
bleh…see post below
You’re right…it is the second time because I didn’t get an answer the first time (not that you owe this lowly Bengals fan the time of day, let alone an answer to a question, you’re a fan of football Godhood, after all).
I was curious because it is apparently well known that the Superbowl dominating Steelers team in the 1970’s was highly roided out.
Just seeing if “Sixburgh” means the same or less to you in the same context as “71”. Or whatever the steroid era homerun record is for Bonds and his comically enlarged cranium.
And the only reason I feel compelled to even pursue this issue is because despite our mutual military background, a framework in which I assumed we could be at least civil, you persist in being a prototypical Steelers fan, which in layman’s terms means “being a jerk” about their team.
Anyway, stay safe troop.
None taken. I realize it’s an extreme position, and it’s not even particularly objectively arrived at. Hank Aaron was a childhood hero. I watched (on television, sadly not at the ballpark) him hit #715 with my dad, and danced around the living room with joy as he circled the bases. I really hate that he’s lost his record to a cheater. Marris was before my time, but still, he was a legit record holder as far as I know. Don’t like him losing his record to a series of cheaters.
I saw video of him doing an interview. Dude’s got red stretch marks on his neck.
Dio seems to have abandoned his tenuous hold on “amphetamine use isn’t cheating”. What’s your reasoning for actively ignoring it?
Maris.
And honest question; when did MLB ban amphetamines?
Did Maris or Hammering Hank use amphetamines? I don’t know. Do know McGwire did steroids, and think I have reason to believe Bonds and Sosa did as well.
The testing began in 2006. Do a search on “amphetamines mlb will carroll” and you’ll get quite a few articles on the subject. There was a lot of speculation that the game was drastically going to change - lower batting averages, better defense (greenies tended to give a bit more false confidence in your ability to throw the ball in without having to hit your cut-off man), LOTS more days off for players.
When did they ban HGH?
Given his Popeye physique, how could this be a surprise to anyone?
Check out Giambi’s rookie year and current photos too.
Gaylord Perry admitted cheating with spitballs and other ways of doctoring the ball and he’s in the HOF. I wonder if anyone who voted him in will not vote in steroid users?
I do believe that was the day that his hat size hit 9-3/4 as well.
Rodriguez story, IMNSHO, is the best so far. Basically he said that he did it for 3 years in order to live up to his contract. He named his supplier (his cousin, who was able to get the drugs legally outside the country). Whether you choose to believe him or not is another story. I’m firmly in the “I don’t give a shit” camp, and still think people are focusing too narrowly on a single group of users. It wasn’t just home run hitters shooting up - it was also utility infielders on the major/minor cusp, pitchers, aging players trying to extend their career another year or two. Just because they didn’t look like Mr. Atlas doesn’t mean that they were clean.