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Old 07-30-2010, 01:38 PM   #2340
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Originally Posted by Aguakate View Post
Hey I got a question...

...I remember that back in the day, in the 90's-early 2000's, nobody in the Home Run Derby hit alot of home runs in a single round...I think the record for a while was 13 by McGwire in '99...the Home Run Derby winner would win with just 8-10 homers in each round...but nowadays, we have guys hitting 10, 15, 20 homers in a single round...and to ME, that's weird, because the 90's is a big part of what is called "The Steroid Era", and the guys everyone associates with steroids (McGwire, Sosa, Canseco, Bonds) were active...yet none of them hit as many home runs in the HR Derby as some guys do today, when supposedly the Steroid issue is being taken care of...

...why do u think this is?
This is because back then the players were juiced, but not the baseballs. I think they started making the baseballs a bit smaller and tailored for pop to appeal to the fans.
That's pretty obvious considering McGwire held the record with 13 homers in a home run friendly Fenway park, and then guys with far less prolific power started hitting 25 regularly.
It was at it's worse in the early 2000s. That's probably because the balls and players were both juiced.
Now it's mainly just the baseballs.
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