Compare it to golf, where bulky muscles make it harder to make a beautiful, technical swing. All this talk of Barry Bonds cheating and using steroids. Does it directly translate into home runs? Take steroids, hit home runs. Is that even true?
Do steroids help you put the bat on the ball? I would think the only possible positive effect of steroid use might be the small number of balls hit 3-4 feet over the fence, that might have been routine fly balls. But if you subtract the number of home runs that the player doesn't hit because of the lingering effects of steroids, i would say that 'roids are a wash, with no positive effects.
Maybe Bonds took steroids, and it has actually HURT his home run totals.
2007-07-30 06:24:17 · 9 answers · asked by liver_n_jello 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Steroids do not give you skills you didn't possess before you took them. They do make you stronger, and maybe just as important, they greatly improve your recuperative ability if you are injured. There is no question in my mind that the smaller ballparks we see today account for far more homeruns than the total of everyone on steroids. Drugs of any kind are not good but I don't believe anyone can tell you how using steroids will elevate your game. You and I could start taking steroids but I can assure you we still couldn't hit a 100mph fastball.
2007-07-30 06:34:07 · answer #1 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can anyone even think for a second that roids improves your ability to make contact is an idiot. It 100% does not. So if a guy is a career .230 hitter steroids will help him hit .280? Now you also have to look at the fact that with the extra pop they hit balls that got caught that would have fell in for a hit also you can say that they hit into more double plays because the ball got to the infielder fast making it easier to turn 2! So roids do not make you a better hitter but it will make your ball go farther and that is about it! Also we can talk about the juiced ball era to!
2007-07-30 08:42:26 · answer #2 · answered by mrjamfy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it puts extra pop on the ball from the bat
ANY routine fly ball becomes a HR
these players wouldnt be in the MLB if they couldnt hit the ball for a HR to start with, and Bonds was never a HR hitter (one season between1986 and 1999 with 30+) until 1999 when he "accidentally" took performance enhancers, and suddenly his number skyrocketed (40+ HR seasons except when injured)
and Bonds has never hit a pitch that wasnt a fastball or a hanging offspeed pitch for an HR, so there goes that argument. steroids do help you hit the ball farther, tthats WHY THEY ARE ILLEGAL!
2007-07-30 06:34:44 · answer #3 · answered by TheSandMan 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Keep your head in the sand. Steroid use went up and homeruns went up. MLB starts testing for steroids and home runs go down.
BTW, I'll bet that a lot of golfers have used steroids, too.
Chicks did the long ball.
2007-07-30 06:41:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
take all the steroids you want when it comes down to it you still have to hit the ball. steroids may give an extra boost but if you didnt have the skills in the first place what good will it do you.
2007-07-30 06:38:40 · answer #5 · answered by scruffyone54 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Steroids are no good. Bulk you up. Still have to have some power to hit homeruns.
2007-07-30 06:49:24 · answer #6 · answered by Sharon S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Canseco, McGwire, Bonds, and a whole bunch of other cheaters who put a little extra pop on their bat.
2007-07-30 06:29:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, bigger stronger and faster definitely hurt him! The guy who invent the clear said that not only did it help them get bigger faster and stronger, but also improved their hand eye coordination.
2007-07-30 06:30:14 · answer #8 · answered by Chad K 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the balco chemist says it helps bat speed, power, hand eye coordination ect in his interview on hbo...
2007-07-30 06:36:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋