The steroid era is over Topic

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Quote: Originally Posted By gjello10 on 11/03/2009Should we keep the steroids era hitters out of the Hall of Fame? Haul them before HBD Congress? Will my 99 Power sluggers be suspended for their past steroid use? So many questions
This thread isn't here to talk about the past.
11/3/2009 6:32 PM
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me no speaky english
11/3/2009 6:48 PM
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11/3/2009 6:57 PM
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Another benefit of the end of the steroid era is that for some owners, pitchers with GB/FB of 25 to 50 won't be taboo.

11/3/2009 9:29 PM
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My first game since the update. There were 8 home runs hit, I hit 7 of them. lol: http://whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=23648118&pbp=0
11/3/2009 10:19 PM
hatt11
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Yeah there were 6 hit in my first game too.
11/3/2009 10:44 PM
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So, what's the general thought? That a 99 power guy won't hit much more than a 90 power guy? Or that the guy hitting 80 homers will now hit 60 and the 60 guy will now hit 50?
At least those are the two possible interpretations as I see it...
11/4/2009 11:33 AM
decks
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Similiar results I suppose, but different logic behind them...
11/4/2009 11:34 AM
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Putting a ceiling on a counting stat strikes me as difficult to do.

Or, rather, difficult to do in a sophsticated way.
11/4/2009 12:42 PM
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My guess is they toned down 99 by 9%, 95 by 7%, 90 by 5% and so on down the line until it reached a certain point. I'd expect 70 power still has 70 power. They weren't the "problem". It was the 90+ guys hitting 80.
11/4/2009 1:00 PM
toddcommish
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Quote: Originally Posted By MikeT23 on 11/04/2009My guess is they toned down 99 by 9%, 95 by 7%, 90 by 5% and so on down the line until it reached a certain point. I'd expect 70 power still has 70 power. They weren't the "problem". It was the 90+ guys hitting 80
The "problem" is more likely the number of tardly pitching staffs and hitter-friendly ballparks. If a 99 power hitter faces pitchers with pitch ratings in the 60's and effectiveness vRHB in the 50's in Coors , he SHOULD be able to hit 90 HRs. It's the equivalent to Barry Bonds (who I would give a 99 rating) hitting off of a AAA staff.

Lowering the ceiling is essentially dumbing it down so guys that don't understand pitching won't get rocked.
11/4/2009 1:09 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By MikeT23 on 11/03/2009Tons of homers are still largely a by-product of shoddy pitching. We've never had a 70 homer guy in Cooperstown
11/4/2009 1:11 PM
toddcommish
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I don't listen to you.
11/4/2009 1:18 PM
MikeT23
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You should. Took you half a dozen lines to say what I got out in just over one.
11/4/2009 1:21 PM
toddcommish
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3 = half a dozen?

Odd number system you use.
11/4/2009 1:25 PM
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