Dola, one other thought.
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Originally Posted by lencombs
I sim with fictional players exclusivley now, but can't imagine how you could put Roger Clemens against Ty Cobb, Barry Bonds vs Christy Mathewson, or Bob Gibson vs Mark McGuire, without considering the HGH factor into the player ratings.
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Yes, there were some spectacular names on that list, and you would have to consider the effects of PED when matching them up with stars of earlier eras.
However, a columnist in my local newspaper said this:
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A good many of the named players are retired. Roughly 75 percent of the named players were pretty lousy players (F.P. Santangelo?), which torpedoes the theory that steroids can make you an All-Star.
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A few players greatly benefited. Most of the others should not have bothered. Aside from the few (and compare this group to the number of players who played the professional game during these years), the effects of steroids and HGH in this era may not have been as important on overall statistics and results as you think.
Now you know who the (alleged) cheaters are. You should be able to account for them in your simulations and adjust either the game or your expectations accordingly. If Cobb cannot compete altogether fairly against Clemens (and I wonder if that would actually be the case), then that's life; more specifically, that's history.