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Two Records the Steroid Era Couldn't Topple

 
We have all read about the Steroid era in baseball, every angle of it has been exhausted. Barry Bonds used steroids to topple both the single-season home run mark and the career home run mark.  That great moment was on heels of the 1998 Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa magical season where they set the single-season home run record. We all loved it. Everyone turned a blind eye to the cause of their dominance. Now we all cast judgment on them. Sammy was named in the Mitchell report. Not too shocking considering he went from 112 pounds soaking wet to 225 of solid muscle, rice and beans.  Barry has been in legal hell over his alleged and admitted “use” of the illegal substance, which appears to appease many people.  Everyone has their suspicions over McGwire’s use ("that's my Andro").  Jose Canseco exposed everyone, trying to make some money out of the process since he was a broke bastard. It was all supposed to even itself out. The baseball elitists were ... (link)

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