# Does improved sports equipment technology diminish achiement?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 27, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-improved-sports-equipment-technology-diminish-achiement/177754 "2003-05-27T13:11:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![doctordoowop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@doctordoowop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doctordoowop)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-improved-sports-equipment-technology-diminish-achiement/177754/21 "2003-05-28T08:21:40Z")

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Baseball-don’t forget the smaller parks, lower mound, smaller strike zone, helmets, arm padding, hardly any brushbacks allowed, & probably the biggest, watered down pitching. & just look at Bonds’ head, shape & at least a few hat sizes bigger. I don’t think training can do that-it has to be steroids. Canseco & Caminiti are bullshitters, but there is some credibility in what they say, but 50% steroid use is closer than 85%.

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