I think you missed my point. I used an absurd example to highlight the fact that no one except Sammy (and his supplier, if there is one) know the truth. I’m sure that a majority of dopers thought OJ was guilty. Surprise surprise.
As far as Sammy (or any other bulked-up superstar) goes, he has the right to his privacy based on the collective bargaining agreement. But if it was me, and I wasn’t on anything, I would prove it by a blood and/or urine test. I would want the fans to know any numbers I put up are honest, not tainted with the shadow cast by performance-enhancing drug suspicions. I wouldn’t want the records set by a guy corking his bat, either.
Maybe he didn’t. But they evidence that suggested he did. Ya know, witnesses, physical evidence, expert tesimony…all the stuff we lack here.
Again, your only evidence of steroid use is a physique that can be accomplished without steroid use and a powerful swing which many, many players throughout history have had.
So you have no evidence, only assumptions. Bad ones, at that.
Records are made to be broken. Nearly all records will broken because athletes keep getting better and better. Why is it so hard for you to accept the possibility that Sammy is just a damn good hitter using the tools that God gave him?
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I just remembered, in college 1985 - when the Yankees quite sucked and the Mets were ‘suprising’ at best - this preppie guy was doing an around-the-room poll comparing “who’s better position by position” Mets-v-Yankees. I was Mets all the way - the only change being Donnie ‘Baseball’ Mattingly. Keith Hernandez was an import from somewhere in Missouri.
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Full of satisfaction, this dic… this dude polled for best hitter ever. I forget most of the names mentioned before he pointed at me. “Babe Ruth” I replied, and he chuckled and his disciples snickered. I added that Babe Ruth was one of the best Pitchers especially in the World Series.
Babe Ruth had what pitchers today dream of obtaining and he did twice, twenty plus wins in 1916 and 1917!
Fast Fact 2 Babe Ruth would have been a front running candidate for a Cy Young Award in 1916 and 1917 - had there been one!
Fast Fact 3 In 1917, Babe Ruth pitched thirty-five complete games which is more than some ball clubs have had as an entire team in a season!
To get back in topic: Look at Vladamir Guerrero. One of them old school five-tool players: He can hit, hit for average, hit for power, field his position, and has a gun for an arm.
Steroids? Get fucking serious. spooje says talent - I say talent!
The verdict did not convince anyone who didn’t already believe in his innocence. People who thought he was guilty thought he would be found guilty. People who thought he was innocent also thought he would be found guilty. Until Mark Fuhrman said “I take the fifth”. That was the turning point after which an acquittal seemed more and more likely. To his supporters, this would be justice, but his detractors did not stop hoping for a conviction. No one’s opinion changed; just their outlook. The jury’s ruling did not prove his innocence; it reflects their [cough]inability[/cough] to prove guilt.
