Posted by strikeout26 on 12/25/2018 11:21:00 AM (view original):
Posted by bad_luck on 12/25/2018 11:02:00 AM (view original):
Posted by strikeout26 on 12/24/2018 7:56:00 PM (view original):
Don't forget that Maddux was throwing 94-96 in his late thirties.
You act like the only people using steroids were huge home run hitters and pitchers with high velocity and ignore the high percentage of players caught who were small, speedy middle infielders and slim relief pitchers.
I've coached and played with plenty of players who used steroids and they all threw harder than they should have.
Yeah. And you should know better than a lot of people just how pervasive PEDs still are in just amateur baseball, let alone the majors, where a roster spot is literally worth millions of dollars.
And I’m not making a moral judgement. I’ve said plenty of times that I’d vote Bonds, Clemens, Manny Ramirez, etc into the Hall. I get why they used PEDs. I just think it’s naive to give any player, especially one who was dominant at the height of the steroid era, a pass.