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Jason Moyer · 03-26-2005, 07:56 PM

Also, your points 5+6 could be summarized into "the acceptance of strength training". Regardless of steroids, hgh, creatine, whatever, strength training was viewed as a bad thing for a baseball player until the 90's. You always had a few stars who did it (Wagner, Carlton, etc) but it wasn't until the 90's that it came into vogue, with or without nutritional supplements.

03-26-2005, 07:56 PM	#27
Jason Moyer Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 5,111	Also, your points 5+6 could be summarized into "the acceptance of strength training". Regardless of steroids, hgh, creatine, whatever, strength training was viewed as a bad thing for a baseball player until the 90's. You always had a few stars who did it (Wagner, Carlton, etc) but it wasn't until the 90's that it came into vogue, with or without nutritional supplements. __________________ "I pretty much popped everything cold turkey. We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses." -- Tom House "I was very fortunate to have a pitching coach by the name of Tom House...Tom, I really miss those days that we spent in the weight room and out on the field working together." -- Nolan Ryan's HoF Induction Speech