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Originally Posted by 'BusNative
Yes, it makes me happy that Boston fans have to grapple with the fact that the curse may have ended with roids.
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that part doesn't bother me all that much.
yeah, I hate the fact that the entire game as been tainted for the last decade plus, but I'm not [censored]ed that my favorite team won 2 titles with someone who was most likely juiced during those seasons.
'04 season, the Sox had to beat the Yankees with 'roided up players like Sheffield, Giambi, and A-Rod, so it's not like Boston beat a league full of choir boys.
now to address the article. well written piece, but not all that well thought out.
Mark Bellhorn?!!? Is he serious?!!?
He's got to be the [censored]tiest player I've ever heard linked to steroids. His only season with more than 20 HR was in homer friendly Wrigley. His next best season was 17 (in Boston) with 80 more at bats than any other year in his career.
Bill Mueller?
yeah, he won a batting title in '04, but it was with a .326 average.
that wouldn't have won the AL batting title in any other year since the early 70's, and less than a dozen times in the history of the American league (only 4 times in the history of the NL).
That ain't being juiced, that's lucky that the rest of the league was [censored]tier than normal.
Kevin Millar?
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"And Kevin Millar, he had a few big homer years, then his power numbers went way down once the testing started."
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14-20 HRs every year but 2 since becoming an every day player (120+ games/year).
one season with 9, one season with 25. Where is the spike? where is the "way down"?
Manny? yep, he sure looks guilty as [censored].
Papi? I'm definitely suspicious (sp?)
Pedro? definitely possible. but he doesn't look as guilty as others. was dominant when he was young, but his workload and age caught up to him in his mid-thirties, like you would expect would happen to a normal human being.