... football at the University of Alabama, but he turned it down to play professional baseball. Although Roger Maris had a lot of accomplishments his greatest one was breaking Babe Ruth's single season home run record. Babe Ruth set the record of 60 in 1927 and his record lasted 36 years. Roger Maris hit his 61st home run of the season for the New York Yankees ... on October 1, 1961 to break the record previously set by Babe Ruth. Roger Maris's record lasted 37 years, until Mark McGwire broke it in the fall of 1998. Mark McGwire finished the 1998 season with an astonishing 70 home runs. Whi...

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... In Baseball Baseball has changed dramatically over the past ten years and a major factor impacting the changes may be players" use of performance enhancing drugs. In less than four years Babe Ruth's single season record of 60 home runs has been broken by Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds. Pitchers today throw baseballs over 100 miles per hour where 90 miles ... , increase muscle mass and add body weight primarily through retention of dietary protein and body fluids. Mark McGwire used androstenedione, an over-the-counter steroid supplement, the year he broke Ruth's home run record....

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... Law" that all players are subject to random drug tests. The reason for the drug test is simple: Records are made to be broken, but not broken by cheating. If Babe Ruth took steroids could you imagine how many home runs he would've averaged a season? As kids you are taught not to cheat, well enhancing you performance is not only cheating ... ...

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... , speculations, and recent confessions, who knows if it will change its guidelines? In the history of major league there have been some great power hitters. Men like Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth hit loads of homeruns and helped their team win games with their hitting. But in comparison to hitters of today their numbers are being dwarfed. "In the 70 seasons between ... ...

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