[Stardust]

No it wasnt a joke, and i stand by what i said. Thats my beliefs, im sorry that it upset you. Manny and David were brought into the leauge to hit homeruns not feild. Their homeruns usually are pretty good shot, well over the fence. All i was saying is that i honestly believe that without the steroids the homeruns that were 15 feet or more over the fence would have still been homeruns even if they wasnt on roids. Boone wasn't a homerun hitter, the reason you have such a big diffrence in his hr totals was simple. Take all the hits he had that were 5-10 feet from the wall and add 15 feet, the roids made him a hr hitter. They gave him the power that he needed to get that last 10-15 feet. I dont agree with steroids, and i believe, even though im dodgers fan, that if you caught using steroids you should have to set out at least a year, and spend a half a year in the minors until you prove that your off and can stay off the steroids. All im saying is, they dont improve hand-eye coordination, and if you aint got that you wouldnt be able to hit a ball, let alone hitting a homerun. And im not trying to say that Manny and David's homeruns would have dropped, because they would have, but the steroids dosnt make as big as a diffrence as everyone thinks it does.

WHAT :please::please::please:

How can you sit there and say that Boone adds 30 more feet to his swing to become a HR hitter and then you come back and say that steroids does not make that much of a difference. Are you telling me that Manny and Ortiz are that much different than McGwire and Sosa? Those guys were hitting 35 HR's until the period that we expect Steroids became a part of their game and now they are 50 plus guys, and you sit here and say that Manny and Ortiz are just natural HR hitters, so it wouldnt make that much of a difference?????

Would we be talking about Manny and Ortiz if they were 25-35 HR per year guys like we do now that they are 50 HR guys, NOOOOOOO!

As for your comment avout hand-ey coordination, you are missing what Steroids does. It adds to the the quick-twitch muscles, that is what gives these guys the advantage, not the power. Every guys in AAA baseball has that same hand-eye coordination as the guys in the Major leagues, so I still just don't get the validation of what you mean when you think Steorids does not make that much of a difference. IT HAS MADE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE!