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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
What is the mechanism which allows PEDs to benefit hitters to such a degree but not benefit pitchers at all?
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Hitting is about generating bat speed with force. PEDs increase strength and speed.
Pitching, though certainly involving strength and muscle speed, is more about form. The mechanics of a thrown ball is much less reliant on body strength than it is form, when compared to hitting. Pedro gets velocity from freakishly long arms, not from being built like a linebacker.
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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
Rigorously examined and controlled evidence does. Thus far you given us the former and not the latter.
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Evidence constitutes more than analyzing box scores.
By your standard, there is no evidence that alcohol use impacts a player's performance.
You can't show me statistical evidence at the major league level of performance when a player is carrying 0.15 BAC vs a control group.
Since this evidence does not exist are we to say that alcohol has no impact on a player at the Major League level?
How about pitcher's warming up? Where is the evidence that shows warming up is nothing more than a myth, based on the sabermetric criteria you exclusively constitute as evidence?
There is evidence that steroids/HGH improve speed and strength.
There is evidence that alcohol diminishes motor skill performance.
There is evidence that warming up improves performance and reduces certain injury types.
But since there are no controlled studies that can be specifically generated for alcohol, warming-up, or PEDs for MLB, are we to believe that alcohol, warming up, and PEDs have no effect on MLB players?