wrveres wrote:Sosa wasn't in the Mitchell report, but was investigated. And those links are from an anonymous source 5 years after the original anonymous list was leaked. Some how when they were busy breaking the law releasing names on the list of 104, they forgot to include Sosa. They conveniently got around to it 5 years later.
Believe what you want.
Thanks! I haven't followed Sosa much at all since he pretended he didn't understand English to avoid doing anything other than reading a carefully worded prepared statement during the hearings.
lastingsgriller wrote:Sosa is all in the numbers. As far as I'm concerned he doesn't need to get caught.
Just, all of a sudden, in his age 29 season he goes from 36 hr to 66 hr. a career 16% hr/fb guy is, out of nowhere, sustaining 25%+ hr/fb rates???
If that isn't proof that steroids make a dramatic impact, I don't know what is.
Wasn't that the same year the supposed "juiced balls" were introduced?
I think this is just an argument going in circles. The difference in his performance by hr/fb was out of line with the rest of the league thus it was steroids. But there is no direct evidence he actually used steroids so therefore innocent until proven guilty. But his body radically transformed and his performance was inexplicably out of whack. But the one person sample size is not statistically significant as far as proving any systemic performance impact from steroids so there is no way to draw a definitive opinion about the whole issue...
lastingsgriller wrote:Sosa is all in the numbers. As far as I'm concerned he doesn't need to get caught.
Just, all of a sudden, in his age 29 season he goes from 36 hr to 66 hr. a career 16% hr/fb guy is, out of nowhere, sustaining 25%+ hr/fb rates???
If that isn't proof that steroids make a dramatic impact, I don't know what is.
Sosa hit 36/40/36 before the 66. Somebody never hit 30 hrs before, hits 39 and 61 back to back? Roger Maris A spike in numbers proves nothing. Not saying Sosa is innocent or guilty, but why can Maris do this, and Sosa can't? Btw, the reason was both had help, 61 and 98 were expansion years. And in 98, Sosa walked much more. If you watched him, he was chasing bad pitches much less.
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wrveres wrote: Some how when they were busy breaking the law releasing names on the list of 104, they forgot to include Sosa.
What law did attorney George Mitchell and his law firm break?
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