Posted on 09/07/2022 9:42:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I run one of the original, Daniel Okrent fantasy baseball leagues that we started in 1988. Daniel Okrent named it Rotisserie baseball after the Rotisserie Restaurant in New York, where he penciled the first rules that became known as fantasy sports.
Over the years, we learned how to spot baseball players who were on steroids. Their batting average leaped by as much as 80 points, and the power increase was obvious.
We believe that McGwire, Sosa, and Bonds took high doses of steroids when they passed Babe Ruth's 60–home run record. Roger Maris obviously did not take steroids, but his season was 162 games. The Babe hit 60 in 154 games, and that record may be the most iconic in all of sports. It has stood for 95 years.
When Mantle and Maris were chasing the Babe's record, every home run was news every day. Ruth's iconic record is about to be broken, and no one is noticing.
It appeared rather obvious to us that Aaron Judge was not on steroids since Giancarlo Stanton proudly announced that he had not taken steroids and told his teammates not to use them. Judge's numbers and common injuries indicated that he was clean. His batting average began rather low but has improved steadily, no big leap. He just hit his 54th home run in 134 games.
Wake up, sportswriters.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Sports radio was talking about this today. It is not completely ignored.
The Babe played in 151 games in 1927 - 154 game schedule, but he only played in 151.
Judge has played 135 - 16 to go.
I remember Major League Baseball.
Guess the art of defense in woke baseball is kaput.
The Babe was a first rate pitcher before switching over to become a hitting sensation.
Anyway, with nearly a month of games left in the season, Mike Judge has a decent shot at 60.
Don't care anymore.
‘Anyway, with nearly a month of games left in the season’
as noted above, Judge has 16 games left to hit the remaining 6 homers, in order to tie Ruth...
Babes 714 homers reads like a list of if he’s up, it’s outta here. the consistency of dingers is very impressive indeed.
no wonder everyone expected him to hit a homer when he was up, because he nearly did.
Who is Mike Judge?
It's the world we live in now, you are talking of a world where their no video games, 1000 channels, and no internet.
He did the animated TV shows Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill, among others. I didn’t know he was a ballplayer too.
6’7” 285 lb CF?
pretty good sized boy
I don’t think it’s how professional sports has fallen out of favor. It’s how baseball has fallen out of favor. Even the major sports talk shows rarely talk baseball anymore.
Albert Pujols is only about 20 away from the Babe.
Has he been suspected of using roids?
Baseball is interesting with the mountain of statistics they keep on every game.
Babe Ruth could argued that he is the great baseball player of all time, based on his hitting plus his pitching records.
Last time I cared about baseball, Mickey Mantle was still playing..............................😁
Wrong record. I should have read the article.
“Chicks dig the long ball.”
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