Originally posted by Bodhi
thats a poor retort... obviously all the players back then were like that.
You only think it's poor cause you don't get the point. It wasn't untill the 60's that players made enough money so that they didn't have to work a second job in the off season. Then after Curt Flood and the beginning of free agency players were rewarded for staying in shape year round. Kinda hard to compare Babe to those guys... is money an unfair advantage?
How about the discovery of vitamin supplements and nutritional coaches? Unfair advantage? No? Then lets discuss the Tommy John surgery. Quite the invention. Can we elect a pitcher to the Hall of Fame who won a third of his 300 games after reconstructive surgery? What is the difference between medical assistance done by a surgeon and medical assistance done by a pharmacist?
What if a similar surery was discovered that involved the replacement of a ligament that increased the speed of a pitchers fastball? That be OK with you?
If steroids are cheating then year round fitness trainers and vitamins and nutritional trainers and reconstructive surgeons are cheats too. Same chit.
