Over 100 years of baseball history and the statistics therein often tell us what we already know. For one we know rookies generally struggle when they arrive in the big leagues. They lack experience and, assuming they are in their early twenties, they are still maturing physically. As they gain[…]
Read More »This collection of quotations aims to contain the most poignant, controversial, and historically significant quotes from Baseball’s Steroid Era. The quotes, which focus on famous steroid and hGH users or the controversy in general, are delivered by some very influential officials of Major League Baseball, the players, the government, scientists,[…]
Read More »Baseball had undergone major changes in the 1990’s most notably the labor strike that wiped out the World Series and brought revenue sharing and a luxury tax. Baseball had survived and was more exciting than ever, the 50-home run season was back, but the players always seemed to be hurt.[…]
Read More »A list of the performance- enhancing drugs mentioned, and presumably used, during Baseball’s Steroid Era. These drugs include steroids, steroid precursors (prohormones), steroid masking agents, and stimulants. Most common names for drugs are listed first. Anavar (Oxandrolone, Lipidex, Anatrophill, Lonavar) Medical Use: Steroid used to expedite wound healing and in[…]
Read More »A partial transcript of the ‘illegally obtained’ wiretap of Barry Bonds’ trainer, Greg Anderson, describing his steroid experience and peticularly Bonds’ steroid use. This transcript contains all the published parts of Anderson’s voice from a recording made by an acquaintance in the spring of 2003. The excerpts are in approximate[…]
Read More »A chronological list of the major events of Baseball’s Steroid Era including legislation, Congressional Hearings, the BALCO scandal, steroid user admissions, and the implementation of Major League Baseball’s testing program. This timeline lists events as they were made public. Nov. 18, 1988 – Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 This law[…]
Read More »The information in this list summarizes news reports linking these players to steroids, steroid precursors, human growth hormone, or other drugs banned by MLB (excluding amphetamines). Use the links below to jump to an explanation of each player’s involvement in the steroid era. In the Mitchell Report section, the page[…]
Read More »1971-1978 – Tom House House said that he used steroids during his eight-year Major League career, though he wasn’t specific about which years. House estimated that “six or seven pitchers on every staff were fiddling with steroids or hGH” while he was playing. Tom House also says that steroids were[…]
Read More »Robert K. Adair’s The Physics of Baseball covers everything in baseball from the trajectory of a curveball to batter reaction time to fundamental bat vibrations. Adair provides an equation relating bat speed to player weight: V = k sqrt(M/(m+M/81)) Note: V is the velocity of the bat in miles per[…]
Read More »What will happen when players like Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, and Sammy Sosa become eligible for the Hall of Fame? The Baseball Writers Association of America, who elect the members of the Hall, are questioning the achievements of Steroid Era players and their place in history. In the[…]
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