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NYY #23 · 01-24-2014, 07:48 PM

I don't think so. I think Arod was the last clean hope, but he blew that twice. The first time when he admitted using PED's, and the second time when he showed the flaws in the testing process.

This is just me since I followed baseball the numbers 60 and 61, and 714 and 755 meant something. You heard so much about those numbers for so many years they became mythical. The single season mark was broken several times in a short period of time that I couldn't even tell you what the new mark is without looking, or total number of home runs Bonds hit.

Maybe that'll change over time, but I think anybody getting close would be under suspicion - like Chris Davis was last year.

01-24-2014, 07:48 PM	#2
NYY #23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 13,112	I don't think so. I think Arod was the last clean hope, but he blew that twice. The first time when he admitted using PED's, and the second time when he showed the flaws in the testing process. This is just me since I followed baseball the numbers 60 and 61, and 714 and 755 meant something. You heard so much about those numbers for so many years they became mythical. The single season mark was broken several times in a short period of time that I couldn't even tell you what the new mark is without looking, or total number of home runs Bonds hit. Maybe that'll change over time, but I think anybody getting close would be under suspicion - like Chris Davis was last year.