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Originally Posted by MikeSty
Very well put. IMO, Raffy doing roids is the same as Nettles corking / superballing his bat.
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Huge difference between corking and adding muscle. Corking allows head speed to move fast thus the ball moves, but studies show corking doesn't add distance.
Steroids however make a difference in the game. Great example: Giambi hit 2 HRs last night against the Indians (because of this the Yankees won).... was he juiced? The beginning of the year he hit for shit then in July (I would assume after he was tested) all of a sudden he goes on a tear???? Come on.
So let's say Giambi was juiced, being juiced the Indians lost the game and in doing so the Yankees stayed ahead of the Indians in the WC race.
If Giambi wasn't juiced the question remains, (moreso than any corked bat, or spitball or whatever cheating was done before), and baseball needs to take that question out of the realm of possibility.
So juiced or not the question of cheating is there and as long as it is baseball loses credibility in many fans eyes.