MLB: Steroid Usage Down = Fewer Home Runs?
Writing by admin on Wednesday, 22 of August , 2007 at 6:46 pm
Perhaps you’ve noticed the power outage that has plagued Major League Baseball this year. Alex Rodriguez just hit his 40th home run on Monday; Prince Fielder (39 at press time) should join him soon, and that might be it for the 40-homer club this year. Eleven players reached that milestone in 2006.
The easy explanation is the MLB crackdown on steroid and amphetamine use. But that just doesn’t wash. Commonly forgotten in the focus on big-hitters like Barry Bonds is that pitchers are athletes, too, and just as likely to reach out for that bottle of “Vitamin B12.”
The fact is, we don’t really know if steroid usage is up, down or sideways, because we don’t have the raw facts on who’s using. But we do know that Jesse Barfield led the majors in home runs with 40 back in 1986. Maybe baseball players were listening to too much Kenny Loggins.
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