Would the Babe have juiced?
Here we go again...A-Rod's admission has that carousel of moralizing columnists and talking heads moving again. Sigh.
This is one sticky wicket, and honestly, at this point, Bonds, Clemens and A-Rod seem victims of MLB's catastrophically flawed approach to steroids, with Clemens and Bonds also victims of their own hubris to the extent that they are likely going to jail for perjury. This the nub of the issue: An illegal, performance-enhancing substance was not banned in baseball until 2004. If we're to believe Canseco--and at this point, why shouldn't we?--steroids were rampant in clubhouses for well over a decade before that.
It's hard to believe that Selig et al did not make a conscious decision to keep the issue at an arm's length for as long as possible. Perhaps they reasoned that the data was not clear, that the facts were not all in, that previous generations had been hopped up on speed to get through 162 games. As likely, I think they feared the repecursions of placing the issue on center stage. McGuire and Sosa's battle for the home run record brought the game back to life. And that little bottle of andro in McGuire's locker? Well, you'd have to ask him about that.
Am I alone in thinking that the tax dollars we're spending to put Bonds in jail, send IRS agent Jeff Nowitzky scouring the seedy world of Houston bodybuilders and hold Congressional hearings could be better spent elsewhere? Certainly, something that can give you an extra ten feet of lift on your fly ball, or a few extra MPH on your fastball may not be equivalent to Mantle popping greenies to get up for the game. But are the steroid users of this era of clearly lesser moral character than previous generations?
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the babe didnt need em
and his performance would have been enhanced had he just sobered up. He would have hit twice as many if he wasnt seeing double! haha
by ryanwk628 on Feb 10, 2009 11:53 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
true...
but babe had an ego of legendary proportions. if there was was something he could have taken to hit that ball even further- i gotta think he would have done it in a heartbeat.
by NumberSeven on Feb 10, 2009 12:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Apples and Oranges
If more than one person knows a secret, it ain't a secret.
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Feb 10, 2009 7:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Babe would've juiced ...
if it were sprinkled in a hotdog.
"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will
by Ronster22 on Feb 11, 2009 3:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
yea he would have …. but he also wouldn’t have gotten traded and still been with the sox … so the mitchell report wouldn’t have named him.
by blindmole on Feb 12, 2009 6:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
If most of the players in that era used steroids and there was no sanction against it, my guess is that he would’ve used em. He woulda done anything to give him a competitive advantage.
by steelersfan86 on Feb 15, 2009 1:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

















