Kakdiesel
Banned
honestly guys, i dont think steroids have much to do with the homerun numbers being up.
1) Stadiums are smaller. Yankee Stadium down the right field line is ridiculous (320?!) All the new stadiums have brought in the fences dramatically, but to compensate they added height to the walls
Doesnt really matter when every player these days has a golf swing up at the plate
2) pitching sucks. expansion has brought up more and more unready pitchers up from the minors. Along with the smaller dimensions of the field, which is causing some pitchers to give up more runs than normally, the manager/gm's are quick to send that pitcher down back to the minors blaming HIM for not being skillfull enough to pitch in the big leagues and then just bringing up an even less than ready pitcher up from the minors to take his place on the roster! stupid stupid stupid
3) Darryl Strawberry, Dale Murphy, Andre Dawson, Dave Winfield, Eddie Murray, Mike Schmidt...these guys were built like your average middle aged men who worked out every once in a while. With the exception of cokehead Strawberry, all of these players have hit over 400 homers in their careers. Still a phenomenal feat.
Do steroids make today's player bigger? yes. Do they make their arms look better in T-shirts? yes. Do they make them stronger? yes. Do they help them hit home runs? I dont think as much as the reasons I named above helps.
1) Stadiums are smaller. Yankee Stadium down the right field line is ridiculous (320?!) All the new stadiums have brought in the fences dramatically, but to compensate they added height to the walls

2) pitching sucks. expansion has brought up more and more unready pitchers up from the minors. Along with the smaller dimensions of the field, which is causing some pitchers to give up more runs than normally, the manager/gm's are quick to send that pitcher down back to the minors blaming HIM for not being skillfull enough to pitch in the big leagues and then just bringing up an even less than ready pitcher up from the minors to take his place on the roster! stupid stupid stupid
3) Darryl Strawberry, Dale Murphy, Andre Dawson, Dave Winfield, Eddie Murray, Mike Schmidt...these guys were built like your average middle aged men who worked out every once in a while. With the exception of cokehead Strawberry, all of these players have hit over 400 homers in their careers. Still a phenomenal feat.
Do steroids make today's player bigger? yes. Do they make their arms look better in T-shirts? yes. Do they make them stronger? yes. Do they help them hit home runs? I dont think as much as the reasons I named above helps.