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Memorable Steroid Era Quotes

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,[…]

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Known Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Baseball

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[…]

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The Greg Anderson Wiretap Transcript

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[…]

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Written Steroid Era Timeline

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[…]

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The Physics of Steroids in Baseball

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[…]

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