re: Did Hank Aaron use steroids?

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or when at the age of 35 you hit a career high of 49 homers then the next year you add 24 to that for 73. when most people slow down due to age, you hit your prime!

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Aaron did something similar at age 39.

he hit his career high pace in homers at 40 in only 392 ABs. at that pace with 600 ABs he would have hit 61 HRs when his previous best was 45 HRs in 592 ABs at age 28 and 44 Hrs in 631 ABs at age 29

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i'm only posting this because i don't see how we can keep Bonds/Clemens/A-Rod out of the Hall of Fame when we have no proof guys in the past weren't using as well

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excuse my language... but

ARE YOU frickING SERIOUS

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This was 1973 and he hit 40 that year.

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typo, its still 61 HR pace, i used 40 in my math

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Aaron did something similar at age 39.

he hit his career high in homers at 47 in only 392 ABs. at that pace with 600 ABs he would have hit 61 HRs when his previous best was 45 HRs in 592 ABs at age 28 and 44 Hrs in 631 ABs at age 29

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This would be a good point if it was correct. Don't use incorrect stats to prove a point.

Hank Aaron did not use steroids.
He generated tremendous bat speed for a smallish guy due to genetically freakish forearms. You can't see it on TV or video but I saw him up close in person in the late 60s. Big bi-ceps and shoulders are noticeable on TV but not muscular forearms.
The forearms generate wrist snap and that = bat speed.

Also, HA did not hit majestic home runs like a guy on steroids. Most cleared the wall by less than 50 feet.

Also, as HA aged the teams he played for brought the fences in during the off season to get him to the Ruth record.

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This would be a good point if it was correct. Don't use incorrect stats to prove a point.

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It is correct

40/392=.102
.102x600=61.2

47 was a typo because i was looking up numbers. My math used 40

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PLUS as far as I am concerened Aaron was clean,

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Even though he admitted to using amphetamines

Ruth used steroids....

i guess everyone that achieves so much more success than others should just be removed from HOF of all sports.. phenoms don't exist.. it's all drug related..

hank aaron was never a 50+ homer guy.. but he was a very steady 30-40s homer guy his ENTIRE career.. up until his last 3 seasons where he started to tail off.

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For whatever reason--maybe it's the record he's known for or the fact that he wasn't flashy like Mays and more workmanlike--but Hank Aaron is severely underrated as an all-time great overall baseball player. The younger guys--myself included--who just associated him with 755--lose sight of just how great of a player he was. He's in the discussion for GOAT.

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Some sense has arrived[ With Me also of course]. Aaron ahd a AWESOME career. BUT he played in Milwakee and Then in Atlanta. Mays was also AWESOME, But soooooooo much pub cause he played in NY.