Originally, I was going to write this post around the first of the month but a situation came up that proved to be a big distraction and I delayed writing this. I'm still slightly distracted but not as much as I was.
If there is anyone who was looking forward to what I was going to write next I apologize for the delay.
I had to go back to what I wrote to know where to begin.
I was astonished to find that Barry Bonds home run pace had greatly increased but his slugging % declined after 1997. I think most "experts" believe that was around the time that Bonds "probably" started using steroids. I would have thought that if steroids really do help players hit the ball harder that both home runs and slugging % would greatly increase.
I was hoping that by looking at Barry Bonds' statistics I would be able to some conclusion about whether or not (a) he may have used steroids and (b) whether his "possible" steroid usage should bar him from inclusion into the baseball Hall of Fame.
I still believe he definitely belongs in the HOF. I believe that either with/without steroids help his was the best hitter in the game while he was playing. And as much as I hate to say it he is the best hitter I have seen since I have been watching baseball. I am not a Pete Rose fan either but I would have to put Rose at #2B.
But looking at Bonds" statistics did not help me come to any possible conclusions about possible steroids usage.
So I have decided to look at the career stats of Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. Sosa, McGwire and Bonds are the players who are most closely associated with "possible" steroid usage.
It is my hope that comparing their statistics will help me come to some kind of clusion about steroid usage and HOF eligibility.
I will start with Mark McGwire in my next post.
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