November 23, 2009
Order Now The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2010 is now in development and will ship in mid November! This year's book will feature articles by THT's staff as well as Bill James, Tom Tango and Craig Wright. If you use this link to purchase the Annual, you will be in the first group to receive it and you'll be supporting THT. 
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Baseball’s biggest problemby David GasskoAugust 03, 2007 It's not Barry Bonds, but Neifi Perez, who was suspended 80 games after testing positive for a banned stimulant for the third time this season. Incredible... Mostly, this is just a funny story, but it should at least give pause to people who claim that banned substances have resulted in muscle-bound super-sluggers regularly clearing the 60 home run mark. As Nate Silver has shown, steroids appear to have most affected average-ish players who stood to gain the most from hitting a few more home runs per year. Barry Bonds would be making eight-figures whether or not he used performance enhancing substances, but Neifi Perez might have never made it to the major leagues, where, I should add, he has earned an astounding $20 million over course of his career. Does that mean Bonds did not use steroids? Of course it doesn't; rather, it's important that we acknowledge that performance enhancing substances such as steroids and amphetamines were pervasive throughout baseball and not just limited to a few high-profile cases. It also means that, like it or not, Bonds' record-setting numbers might be deserved. He may have been juicing, but if everyone around him was too, Bonds wasn't getting any sort of an edge. David Gassko is a former consultant to a major league team. He welcomes comments via e-mail. Commenting is not available in this weblog entry. Do you have a general question or comment for one of THT's writers? Send it in to our weekly mailbag We also welcome unsolicited op-ed pieces of approximately 500 words for consideration. We reserve the right to edit for length, clarity and consistency of style. Please include your whole name and location to be considered. If you have a comment about this specific article, please email the writer. |
