Congress asked Bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner, in 1973!!!, to do something about steroids and amphetamines. The only reason they didn't name names was because they were concerned it might encourage more use by kids.
Babe Ruth. The true home run king! Oh wait, sheep testes and alcohol. Willie Mays! Oh wait, greenies. Ken Griffey Jr! The home run king! At least for now.
Anabolic steroids were prevalent in baseball when he played (this doesn't seem to be common knowledge for most people, surprisingly), so it's a possibility.
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mweir145 wrote:Anabolic steroids were prevalent in baseball when he played (this doesn't seem to be common knowledge for most people, surprisingly), so it's a possibility.
I have to stay his stat spike following a clear decline makes me wonder. Add in that Tom House was a teammate and three players on the same team hitting 40.
I thought it was interesting that when espn was doing a piece on Arod today and referring to the tarnishing his image would take, they mentioned he would never be thought of in the same way as Ruth, Mays, and someone else...I forget...but the point is it wasn't Aaron, because I remember noting the omission...perhaps a subtle implication that they doubt Hank was clean?
fezzik wrote:I thought it was interesting that when espn was doing a piece on Arod today and referring to the tarnishing his image would take, they mentioned he would never be thought of in the same way as Ruth, Mays, and someone else...I forget...but the point is it wasn't Aaron, because I remember noting the omission...perhaps a subtle implication that they doubt Hank was clean?
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