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Jaydawg
Reedster^1987
Re: Steroid Stats?  Barry Bonds averaged 31.8 home runs a season from 1986-99, while getting 51.6 between 2000-04, including a record of 73 in '01... To all of Ba-Bo's defenders who say, show me your facts...... Well, here they are.. <FONT COLOR=BLACK><b>[</font>Reply to #<a href="read.pl?1-3585">3585</a>]</b>
5/30/06, 11:48am
You can schew figures any way you want, really.  I could make a strong argument that when comparing homerun ratios pre-expansion, and post-expansion, Bonds' HR averages increased.

Diamondbacks
Rockies
Devil Rays
Marlins

These teams were added to the MLB during Bonds' career.

I assert that it is because of more diluted pitching that Bonds was able to get these supersized HR totals.

Well, not really.

But, my point is that pointing to these HR averages doesn't prove much of anything.

Taken another way, I can include last season and his low HR ratio this season and blame it on the death of his father.  Since the death of Bobby Bonds, Bonds' HR ratio has gone down considerably.  I could argue, therefore, that if Bobby was still alive, Barry would have passed Hank Aaron last year.

Well, not really.

Just making the same point again.

[Reedster from Sylmar/CA]
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