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re: Did you believe Mark McGwire was using steroids during his HR chase in 1998?
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:55 pm to Tarik One
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:55 pm to Tarik One
At the time, we were naive.
McGwire had always hit homeruns and seemed like a Paul Bunyon...(he was a Bash Bro...he had a history of awesomness, nobody questioned them.
)
People seemed to only question someone who comes out of nowhere...is suddenly huge the next year.
Hojo...got questioned.
In the early 90's.
Sosa was murmured about:
But damn, McGwire kept getting bigger and bigger and nobody really said anything.
McGwire had always hit homeruns and seemed like a Paul Bunyon...(he was a Bash Bro...he had a history of awesomness, nobody questioned them.
) People seemed to only question someone who comes out of nowhere...is suddenly huge the next year.
Hojo...got questioned.
In the early 90's.
Sosa was murmured about:
But damn, McGwire kept getting bigger and bigger and nobody really said anything.
This post was edited on 4/24/17 at 9:56 pm
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Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:58 pm to Tarik One
I knew he was on something but hoped it was just the jars of creatine and such in his locker.. When it comes right down to it though....I didn't care, that summer of baseball was fun again with the home run race and the long balls all over the league.. the crash was inevitable but the ride was glorious..
This post was edited on 4/24/17 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:58 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Not looking for now, but somewhere I have one of these and an equally skinny Barry bonds
He has really big upper leg here. Probably using at this point '90
This post was edited on 4/24/17 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:00 pm to Winston Cup
I can remember how big arod thighs got between Seattle to mid Texas years.
Hard to hide that in baseball pants
Hard to hide that in baseball pants
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:00 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Jose can believe to get a pass, he exploded in the crazy 80's where all our action movie stars were huge...football players were huge...it was American gladiators.
People thought, this is normal.
I mean this is 1988...and nobody said boo. If Sly and Arnold can be huge, and so many NFL players...why not baseball?
Before Jose, the everyday baseball player looked like Paul Molitor.
People thought, this is normal.
I mean this is 1988...and nobody said boo. If Sly and Arnold can be huge, and so many NFL players...why not baseball?
Before Jose, the everyday baseball player looked like Paul Molitor.
This post was edited on 4/24/17 at 10:02 pm
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:03 pm to Winston Cup
Dude was always big. Keep in mind he was 6'5"
Not to mention he grew up in CA and went to college in USC. He seemingly could've been on something in college
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:03 pm to Tarik One
McGwire was my idol, as I was 8 as well in 98. Had the red/white Oakley shades, the McGwire 1st base mitt, wore number 25... I didn't care. That was a fun summer .
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:03 pm to GynoSandberg
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:06 pm to High C
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:09 pm to Winston Cup
quote:I was about to say...
He has really big upper leg here. Probably using at this point '90
He certainly looks like he's on them there.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:09 pm to GynoSandberg
McGwire went to USC so there's a good chance he was using in college. I used creatine in high school and never cracked 170 at 6ft.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:10 pm to ReauxlTide222
Cansecos book he talks about shooting up with McGuire in Oakland mid to late 80s
Mark giagantic forearms
Mark giagantic forearms
This post was edited on 4/24/17 at 10:12 pm
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:12 pm to ReauxlTide222
The deal is...people still thought of steroids as:
NFL players
Weight lifters
Body builders
Olympians in different sports
There was even this common refrain...a baseball player would never use PEDs because it would hurt his skill and restrict his swing.
PED was viewed as only for sports where you just need strength. Baseball was skill...you don't need muscle, a sense of feeling awesomely strong, young man testosterone or quick recovery.
NFL players
Weight lifters
Body builders
Olympians in different sports
There was even this common refrain...a baseball player would never use PEDs because it would hurt his skill and restrict his swing.
PED was viewed as only for sports where you just need strength. Baseball was skill...you don't need muscle, a sense of feeling awesomely strong, young man testosterone or quick recovery.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:13 pm to Tarik One
I was 7 and thought he and Sammy Sosa were gods. Most fun baseball ever was to me, I guess it helps that I was a kid. Had no clue they were using steroids and I don't really care now. It was awesome.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:14 pm to ReauxlTide222
quote:
He has really big upper leg here. Probably using at this point '90
I was about to say...
He certainly looks like he's on them there.
Steroids doesn't make a skinny kid look like what McGuire turned into. He was always a fairly big muscular guy. Every nfl running back has tree trunk thighs. Doeant mean they are all juicing.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:18 pm to TeddyPadillac
McGwire used.
But yeah...he was always big. And when you are tall and big young...you burn off fat so easily.
You will just get bigger as you get older.
But that's the problem in the 80's, we reduced PEDs to just getting big.
There's so much more on how PEDs help you in physical endeavors.
But yeah...he was always big. And when you are tall and big young...you burn off fat so easily.
You will just get bigger as you get older.
But that's the problem in the 80's, we reduced PEDs to just getting big.
There's so much more on how PEDs help you in physical endeavors.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:18 pm to Tarik One
It never occurred to me to be suspicious (I was in my twenties) until one day when McGwire and Sosa were around the 50 HR mark and my dad said to me "I'd bet my life they're on steroids because hitting 40 used to be a great year."
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:32 pm to KyleOrtonsMustache
quote:
It never occurred to me to be suspicious (I was in my twenties) until one day when McGwire and Sosa were around the 50 HR mark and my dad said to me "I'd bet my life they're on steroids because hitting 40 used to be a great year."
There have been about 250 seasons in which a player has hit OVER 40 homeruns in the 120 year baseball history.
157 came after the 1990.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:36 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:You sure you're watching the same sport?
There have been about 250 seasons in which a player has hit OVER 40 homeruns in the 120 year baseball history.
157 came after the 1990.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:40 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:
There have been about 250 seasons in which a player has hit OVER 40 homeruns in the 120 year baseball history.
157 came after the 1990.
You forgot to check your paper before turning it in.
You could say the same thing about 5000 yard passers in the NFL and 3 point shooting in the nba. Philosophies change, records get broken.
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