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Posted by: Pinstriped Bible on Jan 13, 2010 at 01:56:55 PM

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While I normally agree with you Steve, this time I just cannot. It is not because I am opposed to steroid users or consider myself "holier than thou". It is also not because of Mark McGwire's numbers. My objection is because by his own admission, McGwire took steroids to get on the field because of all his injuries. It is my contention that without the steroids, McGwire could not have played as much as he did (proven by his own history) and therefore would not have been able to put up the numbers that he did. If take the big years at the end of his career( when he admits to steroid use) and cut half of those seasons out for the injuries he always had prior to steroid use his numbers don't come up to hall consideration. His own prior history shows that this not unreasonable.

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