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Garcia Bronco 07-07-2016 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501 (Post 12305017)
This has always been one of my favorite baseball debates so I'm curious what people think about this trend.

Hitters are on pace to hit the second most HRs in history. This is assuming PED testing has improved. That we are past the steroid era. Despite there not being any new expansion team.

So why is this happening? I've always been of the opinion that the impact of steroids has been overblown - an important factor, but not nearly as important as people make it to be. Is it possible that baseball has introduced a juiced ball to jump the ratings? And could that have played a big part in the massive #'s we saw in the steroid era?
Steroids do not increase strength...they do not increase hand to eye coordination. They dont help you hit a baseball. You still gotta lift the weights.

Bowser 07-07-2016 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco (Post 12305304)
Baseball is dying. Slumping ratings and its youth appeal is disappearing.
Maybe for the Rockies, but it's alive and well in KC.

Tribal Warfare 07-07-2016 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco (Post 12305304)
Baseball is dying. Slumping ratings and its youth appeal is disappearing.
With the fear of football's lingering and debilitating injuries I disagree adamantly.
Baseball will be America's past time again in the near future

BWillie 07-08-2016 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare (Post 12305340)
With the fear of football's lingering and debilitating injuries I disagree adamantly.
Baseball will be America's past time again in the near future
TheNBA already has that lockeddown when the NFL begins to falter, which it already is starting

Pasta Little Brioni 07-08-2016 08:17 AM
HGH with a juiced ball

BlackHelicopters 07-08-2016 08:19 AM
No doubt some yet undetectable substance.

chiefzilla1501 07-08-2016 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco (Post 12305311)
Steroids do not increase strength...they do not increase hand to eye coordination. They dont help you hit a baseball. You still gotta lift the weights.
But they do give an advantage vs a person who does the same amount of conditioning. So it is cheating.

But at the same time, most of bat speed is built through the hips and legs which don't benefit as much from PEDs. Steroids will make your swing a tiny bit faster, which in the mlb a few split seconds is a big deal. But I still believe a lot of the steroid Era can be attributed to terrible pitching, hitters friendly strike zones, and hitters ball parks.

Pasta Little Brioni 07-08-2016 09:21 AM
Lulz the guys were real life incredible hulks. It definitely was a huge factor.

Tribal Warfare 07-08-2016 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 12305993)
TheNBA already has that lockeddown when the NFL begins to falter, which it already is starting
All the athletes who would play football will be playing baseball. Hence the statement

Indian Chief 07-08-2016 02:24 PM
A lot of GMs are in love with the home run. Gives shitty guys like Mark Reynolds a chance to hang around because they might hit 30+ home runs, even with 200 strike outs and a .225 batting average.

tk13 07-08-2016 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 12305993)
TheNBA already has that lockeddown when the NFL begins to falter, which it already is starting
I don't know where you get that from. I'm not totally sure how you measure it accurately, but most polls show that baseball is still America's 2nd favorite sport by a fair margin. The NFL clearly blows them all away though.

Rain Man 07-08-2016 03:41 PM
More home runs could be a sign that Earth's gravitational field is dying, and that at some point soon we'll all be cast off into space.

vailpass 07-08-2016 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 12305993)
TheNBA already has that lockeddown when the NFL begins to falter, which it already is starting
Uh, no. NBA does not appeal to a large segment of American student athletes.

mdchiefsfan 07-08-2016 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 12305113)
HGH
Deer antlers!

SAUTO 07-08-2016 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 12305993)
TheNBA already has that lockeddown when the NFL begins to falter, which it already is starting
You are wrong.

The numbers aren't there, spots wise.


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