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DrungoHazewood Hangout Grand Counsel

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If you can check the media back then there was lots of speculation on the ball being wound tighter. The smaller ball parks. Bad pitching because of expansion. The better workout methods. The media was full of reasons why the league was hitting homeruns at record pace. There was not a lot of speculation into steriods. That didnt become the dominate rumor until 2001-2002 and Bonds. When Bonds was doing what he did at a really advanced age and at odds with his whole career homerun numbers it became rather crystal clear.

All those things are just as valid today as they were in 1998. The offensive explosion was due mostly to bats, balls, and parks.

The fact that pitchers apparently used PEDs at a rate at least as high as batters means that any assumption that the offensive rates of the 90s were caused by PEDs is on shaky ground. Steroids may have fueled some individual performances, but over the whole of baseball the effect is almost certainly less pronounced.

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Ok, if I cheat on a college exam, but get caught. Does it make it any better if I apologize after being caught?

And furthermore, I certainly don't think he owes you an apology anyway. People who are acting like these guys stole something from them need to get over themselves. If he was a continuous steroid user, he only owes an apology to the guys whose jobs he took not to you, me or anyone else. Like I said the other day, the same people who are ready to crucify these guys are the same ones at M&T Bank Stadium every Sunday cheering on the Ravens.

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I never said that Brian Roberts owes me or anyone an apology. What I am arguing is the fact that it's ok because he apologized. Well yes that is true he apologized, and honestly he didn't even have to say anything because the information in the report regarding him was really nothing. I comend him for coming clean, but I wish that everyone would stop acting like he's a better person because he apologized.

It's upsetting that he used them at all in my opinion. I would have never suspected this behavior from a person with Brian's integrity. That's what's so upsetting about this.

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We apolgized to each other.:o

This day just keeps getting worse.:(

Not to advertise the Anita Marks show, but Brian is going to be on for his regular segment at 4. Marks said that she spoke with him earlier today and he is "looking forward to clearing the air." I know it's just Anita Marks and she's going to ask softball questions, but I do think this proves the shot of steroids didn't shrink his cojones too much.

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Not to advertise the Anita Marks show, but Brian is going to be on for his regular segment at 4. Marks said that she spoke with him earlier today and he is "looking forward to clearing the air." I know it's just Anita Marks and she's going to ask softball questions, but I do think this proves the shot of steroids didn't shrink his cojones too much.

I'd love to see Brian take some fan phone calls. Now that would take guts!

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Ok, if I cheat on a college exam, but get caught. Does it make it any better if I apologize after being caught?

What if the teacher leaves the answer key on his desk, winks three times, and says "Hey, guys, I'll be back in, like, three hours. Make sure you have that teacher eval filled out along with your ...chuckling... 'exam' "?

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What if the teacher leaves the answer key on his desk, winks three times, and says "Hey, guys, I'll be back in, like, three hours. Make sure you have that teacher eval filled out along with your ...chuckling... 'exam' "?

I actually had that happen once in college. Granted, the class was "introduction to sailing" so the written exam was kind of a joke, but one guy got the answer key out and read the answers to everybody before we went out for our final sail.

If Roberts is telling the truth, he didn't even really cheat on the exam. He peaked at the answer key and maybe saw one or two answers, but then he went back and took the exam without taking the answer key with him.

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All those things are just as valid today as they were in 1998. The offensive explosion was due mostly to bats, balls, and parks.

The fact that pitchers apparently used PEDs at a rate at least as high as batters means that any assumption that the offensive rates of the 90s were caused by PEDs is on shaky ground. Steroids may have fueled some individual performances, but over the whole of baseball the effect is almost certainly less pronounced.

Just curious, but what do you base these statements on? Are they your opinion or based on studies? (really am just curious, not trying to be a smart---

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