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Originally Posted by Lenny2
Also, and this is something that really pisses me off about this whole steroid "controversy" is that until very recently STEROIDS WEREN'T AGAINST THE RULES.
Even if Bonds, McGwire, and Sosa were all shooting each other up with anadrol before every game in the year(s) they broke the home run record it wouldn't matter because they weren't breaking the rules.
Now I agree that these are things that Ruth and Aaron never had access to, but then again in their day you couldn't tear your ACL and come back or have Tommy John surgery and resume your career after a ligament injury. So using that logic we should delete everyone who has ever had ligament surgery from the record books also.
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This is the main point. What they did wasn't illegal nor against any rules. Many athletes in many sports take supposedly enhancing formulas. The guys playing today are playing a much harder game. Maybe it evens out when you consider that the pitchers are stronger and better today than they were in Ruth's time.