# Bats and Balls

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 19, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats-and-balls/720385 "2015-05-19T20:01:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats-and-balls/720385/10 "2017-08-15T00:09:26Z")

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I want to take exception to one statement in the column:

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> To increase both the mass and acceleration would result in more power, but you’d need forearms like Popeye to keep this up day after day. This explains Mark McGwire’s biceps.

McGwire’s biceps are better explained with one word: steroids.

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