Let me clarify, the year after steroids came out, the homeruns dropped by 20 something.
I'm not talking about a long-drawn out situation.
There were 2 or 3 years players were hitting 60 or 70 homeruns. Steroids news started circulating a little, and boom, the year after I think the homerun leader hit 47. from 60s to 40s in one year, and no one has bursted past 60. Id have to dedicate some time to it as im not 100% of all the #s, but look, how come no one is hitting 70 or even 60 homers a year anymore? It has nothing to do with the ball, it has nothing to do with pitching, it has everything to do with steroids.
Lets not forget these guys are ballplayers, not rocket scientists. Giambi drops 30 lbs last offseason, says he was dieting and only lost 3 lbs
Steroids were very widespread, MLB did nothing about it, as a Yankee fan it is absurd they took the word "steroid" out of Giambi's contract. They had to have known, it doesn't make sense any other way - their excuse "we thought it was covered by other language" is a crock of shit.
Who said it best - "In Numbers I Trust, People I Don't"