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a homerun record stands for 40 yrs, then all of a sudded it is broken six times in less than three yrs?
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That could be the result of something as simple as how tight the ball is wrapped.
Granted, attributing it all to drugs is certainly more "sexy" than a marketing decision made as a result of a drop in revenue due to a labor-related work stoppage.
There's no doubt in my mind that steroids have something to do with it - Maquire included. and Tony LaRussa's protests to the contrary. As a diehard
baseball fan, I don't even like that type of one dimensional player. I'd rather have a lineup full of singles hitters with occasional power and lots of speed.
Hard to sell that to the casual crowd who doesn't realize there's more to baseball than home runs, though. Best baseball game I ever saw in my life was a 1-0 game between the Carindals & the Giants (Gibson v Marishal) that lasted 1:48 minutes, with with something like 23 strikeouts between them. It was an awesome ballgame - but would make lousy television for the same reason that college hockey does, or that soccer does.