... players dominate the field of play and excel at their craft. It was well known from the 1910's through the 1920's that arguably, the greatest player of all time, named Babe Ruth drank beer and ate hot dogs to accumulate a staggering 714 homeruns with the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. All these homeruns were hit without the use of ... in 1983 when he was with the Oakland Athletics ("Rickey Henderson"). The game has grown throughout the 20th century, mostly for the good. The 1920's saw the great Babe Ruth swat homerun, after homerun, totaling 714 for his career. The 1940's saw ...

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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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... it good for the game? To the casual fan maybe, but to the diehard baseball fans that know a little of the history of the game are disgusted. The Mickey Mantle's, Babe Ruth's, Willie Mays's, and Ted Williams are being forgotten by all of these new age players who would be considered giants if they played in the same era. With the bigger ... ...

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... it good for the game? To the casual fan maybe, but to the diehard baseball fans that know a little of the history of the game are disgusted. The Mickey Mantle's, Babe Ruth's, Willie Mays's, and Ted Williams are being forgotten by all of these new age players who would be considered giants if they played in the same era. With the bigger ... ...

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... "tainting" is to test so that the fans won't feel cheated if it turns out Barry Bonds, who hit 73 home runs in one season (previous record first set by Babe Ruth with 60), was on performance enhancers. In 2002, MLB owners and players came to a collective bargaining agreement and one of the new "rules" was drug testing. In Jon Saraceno"s article ... ...

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