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  1. Better team on paper if you are going by name recognition. I don't think you could have made a good statistical argument for the Angels being better than the A's or Rangers that year.
  2. Scientists have determined that hitting a 98 MPH baseball is a superhuman ability. You basically have to be in the 99.7 percentile of hand eye coordination to do it + mechanics. I'd say hand eyed coordination makes them pretty athletic.
  3. I hate the Tigers and all the bullshit narratives that won't stop now.
  4. Both teams are playing outstanding defense so far.
  5. Angels can end the Rangers season and that's awesome.
  6. Is there less power or is there less contact? Strike outs are way up. You can't use common sense when discussing data. The evidence shows there is no increase from users and non users. Obviously, it's hard to get a sample without bias and it's not ethical to do a controlled study. It's rather easy to explain. Power is not only generated through the lower body (anybody who has played baseball can testify to this) but baseball is such a mechanically dominated game as well as hand eye coordination. Being beefy up top doesn't help you hit home runs or pitch better.
  7. The conclusion of the thesis was that steroids have no effect on performance, and there is no evidence to the contrary to that.
  8. Will Carroll has a medical background. I didn't say the others were in medicine. If you want more information on the medical effects: http://steroids-and-baseball.com/medical-effects.shtml Sources and detailed explanations
  9. Sacrificing a lot doesn't mean you will have a bad offense, it just means you are suppressing your offensive value. Stealing may or may not be beneficial. But you have to hit above the break even point.
  10. You are missing the point, yk. The article is a bit dated (All the data is still relevant) so it says stuff like this, but if you read carefully instead of trying to cherry pick this is ultimately irrelevant. Also, for people who think steroids can make you super human looking, that's wrong. I think most of these myths come from misconceptions and ignorance about steroids.
  11. I don't get it. Bonds is/has been/still is well conditioned and this doesn't do anything to challenge the numbers.
  12. I am surprised you don't know guys who work in stats and medicine for a living are.
  13. Read between the lines. The implication was it didn't matter either way. The question is did it improve his performance or is the power spike due to random variation and a different ball? Saying the idea sounds crazy does nothing to disprove it.
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