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Originally Posted by gblowfish
I think a lot of players in the 1990s were guilty of this. It will be a stain on the MLB record book, because these performances were all chemically enhanced.
I hate to say this, but it makes me suspicious of Cal Ripkin Jr's streak. One of the things steroids does is help you heal quickly. Not saying he did, it just seems funny that the ironman record was broken during the steroid era.
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It's also not fair to those great players who didn't last as long because of injury, ala Don Mattingly. Had he had a longer healthier career he would have easily made the HOF, IMO. As it was, his last few years were hampered by a bad back and an early retirement. He'll never get consideration even though he was one of the best pure hitters of his time and may have been the best defensive first baseman of his generation (9 gold gloves in 13 years).
Mattingly was a much better player than Mark McGwire.