Selig is laying down the hammer

[Vince, Pt. II]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

5) Homeruns are an event. More homeruns waters them down and no longer makes them anything special. It's like if you love eating brownies and have them once in a while they are great. Have one at every meal for a year and they will no longer be special to you.

This is a silly argument. Home runs never meant more than the year McGwire and Sosa were chasing 61. You can't hit enough home runs to water them down.

I agree with the rest of the stuff you say, though.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

This is a silly argument. Home runs never meant more than the year McGwire and Sosa were chasing 61. You can't hit enough home runs to water them down.

I agree with the rest of the stuff you say, though.

Sure you can, when an entire lineup has 20+ homerun guys it most certainly does.

[Tekneek]

This is just capitalism. They are making a risk/reward calculation and deciding to take more risk for potentially greater rewards.

This is different than football where ordinary plays between ordinary players can result in brain injuries.

[Easy Mac]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Sure you can, when an entire lineup has 20+ homerun guys it most certainly does.

Yeah, those '65 Braves were an abomination.

[ISiddiqui]

Since I think all Braves teams are an abomination, agreed

[sterlingice]

Haven't heard much since this story broke initially. Is the word that suspensions are still being prepared or is this now in a bit of doubt?

Oh, and the laughably power-less Royals didn't have a player on the list. Lowest home run total in the major including a league full of teams where the pitcher's bat. Then again, the Cubs pitching staff has more home runs than all but a couple of Royals...

Originally Posted by IlliniCub

Haha reminds me of when Bonds was close to breaking the record and so many people were saying they hope someone "clean" like A-ROD breaks it one day

I was one of those. Oops.

SI