@mikemcghee1969 Let me see. The guy played through his contract, said he wasn't going to discuss it during the season so that he wouldn't disrupt the team, was one of the bigger reasons the Cards won the series, then decided to go to the other league for an extra payout that most of us would consider a lottery win. This after the Cards gave their best shot. How is that being a back-stabbing liar?
Pujols is never satisfied by any of his swings, he always thinks each could be better, which is why he is such a good player, as far as mark, he's definitely a good hitting coach, steroids don't teach you how to hit a ball, McGwire definitely knew how to hit
Pujols is a thousand times better than mark ever was. Has mark ever had 10 straight seasons with a batting avg over 300 and over 100 RBI's. Basically if u dont kno baseball u would b against pujols.
Pujols is a thousand times better than mark ever was. Has mark ever had 10 straight seasons with a batting avg over 300 and over 100 RBI's. Basically if u dont kno baseball u would b against pujols.
he's teaching that you don't have to be so tight and conserve your energy right before the ball gets there.Albert is by far a Super Freak player...2 homers just coming back from that injury.
My 2 fav. Cardinals - Pujols & McGwire! I'm a die-hard Cards fan, don't believe me? I skipped my Freshman H.S. Homecoming Dance to go see Mcwire hit 67 & 68-Yr he hit 70! Before the dance I was getting so much it's just b/c you can't find a date, blah, blah I said NO-Homecoming's gonna suck my Dad use to teach here-He told me & I'd rather go see history! Mon.I walked in everybody's going on Homecoming sucked & I have all these people saying WOW! You were right-I said Its good to be a Cards fan!
Yes Pulhos has a higher career average than Mcgwire, but Mcgwire was simply paid to hit home runs and have RBI. Batting average is so deceiving. A single with bases empty means nothing for a clean-up hitter. Pulhos is a better pure hitter and that is why he bats third. McGwire was always hitting the ball farther than anyone since his high school days. Yes even before steroids. To hit the ball over 500 feet for all of those years means Big Mac learned how to swing, read the pitcher, and play
i hate to bring this up but i think pujols needs a translator until his english improves because you can tell he cant articulate his thoughts well in english. i imagine hes a very intelligent speaker in spanish.
@PabloNational1 because americans are lazy. Kids from the Dominican republic play "baseball" all day everyday with wooden stick balls and sticks. they are poor and even more outside than us.
I really hope that kid is listening to everything they say. That is probably the most amazing thing to listen to these two great hitters talk about hitting in person.
Hornsby also said, "Great hitters aren't born. They're made. They're made out of fault correction, practice, and confidence." And that's what you're seeing from those two in this video. Sure they have different approach to the ball. But at the end of the day, we learn best when we watch each other. They say,"You can't teacb instincts." I say, "You can teach someone how to be instinctive." You do that by watching listening, and learning.
very interesting dialogue between these two hitters. im loving how they seem to really listern to one another. That's how you learn in hitting. You have your approach and when its working no one is gonna try and change it (if they're smart). When it stops that's when everyone wants to give you advice. Ted williams said it best: "I say alot of guys can't become great hitters-can't even become good hitters. But i say this: There isn't a hitter that can't be made better."
so what if mark did steriods, it was what they did in that time and nobody cared about it like they do now. so that doesnt make him a cheater or bad player
both great hitters and first basemen..but neither of these guys could hold the jock strap of jimmie foxx..the greatest 1st basemen in history and what most people don't understand is that at the time he played he was probably the best athlete in the game..he wasn't juiced up like most of the clowns out there today he was country strong from farm work as a kid..my grand dad has seen em all play..ruth, foxx, mantle, pujols..he says foxx could hit the ball further and harder than all including ruth
@jsg2891 different time different pitchers half the guys back then had jobs besides playing ball they would build houses or had other day time jobs so when the really good guys came along that were paid well enough to just play of course there is an advantage to hitters like foxx mantle in ruth but you look at who albert has to face and all the advances in the game and i dont know how you dont say he is the best 1st baseman of all time
I love McGwire, have ever since I started watching baseball, and I love Pujols. So watching these two is like gold. And about the steroids debate going on, who cares? Even with steroids you still have to put in the effort to work out, it's not like you take em and you automatically become this amazing athlete. He knew how to play the game, well might I add, and he put in just as much time as the other players.
These videos are AWESOME. It does not get much better than listening to Mark mcGwire and Albert Pujols talking about hitting. I have died and gone to heaven.
@SadegoGG ive read several of your comments and am appalled by your fundamental misunderstanding of the game of baseball all of them! i am a highly competetive youth baseball player and believe me both of these guys could take an amateur to the pros. To reach the level they are a comprehensive understanding of how theie individual swings work is 100 percent necessary. If they didnt have one they would be unable to fix their own swings! Believe me their swings are kinetically sound and if a
3,526 Hits...... 991 HR's.......... 2644 RBI's Worth of expeirence talking in that that batting cage. That kid is gonna have something to teach his little league coach!!
@f22cool All I was saying was that Pujols is very capable of hitting 991 home runs by himself, which he may possibly do someday. He is some kind of superhuman. I'm not even a Cards fan.
I loved Mark McGwire he was one of favs, but he was so one dimensional. Get as close to the plate as possible and PULL everything.(with or without roids)
All Mark should do is study Alberts swing and let him (Albert) know if he starts to unintentionally change something. Other than that shut up and listen.
FUNNY,,, Mark McGuire giving Albert Pujols tips on hitting. Mark, 261 lifetime average,,with steroids. Albert, 331 lifetime hitter without steroids. today Albert hit # 400. the dastest player in major league history to do that. try not to help too much Mark....
Albert talks about keeping that ball fair down the 3rd base line(staying inside the ball)...no one has ever been better at that then him....this is great stuff....i want more!
Mark Mcgwire still would of hit over 500 Home Runs. Maybe not as fast, but he didn't break any rules because there was no fucking rule at the time. If theres no law for murder, then he's no murderer. He's help bring back baseball, so fuck the writers. Give him a damn spot in the hall.
I'm, discussing your average high school hitter, not someone already on the Major League starting lineup. Also, I don't follow sports...but aren't the Cardinals hitting comparatively bad this year?
And he got eye surgery to attain 20/10 vision, which pretty much every ball club (Especially the Twins) advocated to their players. But I guess that's perfectly fine.
Seriously? Do you want me to give you coaches who have never even played baseball who can tell you everything you need to know about powering your swing in less than 10 seconds? PM me some information about you and I will consider it.
I dont understand. I just think the two greatest hitters in baseball speaking are very helpful and cool to listen to. I am 16 years old and would love to hear more baseball talk from the two legends.
Well it's fine to listen...but to act like they have all the answers when they have never developed an amateur hitter into a professional hitter is a completely different story. Simply put, if you cannot teach something...you don't understand it. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you understand it. You can be a world class swimmer and unable to teach children how to swim, for instance.
you try to do 1/8th of what he did with steroids, then you can say something. he was still a amazing hitter. you cant talk about steroids if you cant even spell it!
I completely agree. Even with steroids, you still have to put a ridiculous number of hours into the gym, and then batting practice. Steroids don't work like some magic homerun-hitting potion.
@youfreakinghippie While it's true that steroids WON'T improve your coordination and help you hit a baseball if you already can't, it WILL make all those 300 foot pop-up outs into homeruns.
@robalan9 That's the thing though, they DON'T. You still have to put the work into the gym. Steroids allow you to work out longer and recover faster, but those guys still had to work their asses off in the gym to gain that muscle mass in the first place. Do they help? Yes, but injecting steroids alone won't help you hit homeruns.
@youfreakinghippie If steroids didn't help them hit homeruns, they wouldn't have taken them. Period. People don't take something unless it helps performance. Otherwise they wouldn't take it. Why subject yourself to all the side effects for no benefit? Agreed? (And I doubt "quicker recovery" is the benefit they are looking for.)
@robalan9 I think there's a misunderstanding between us. I'm not saying that steroids don't help. All I'm saying is that they don't work magically. You still have to work out a TON(and the "quicker recovery" means their muscles can rebuild faster so that they can work out more often). The point I'm trying to make is that these (steroid users) were some of the hardest-working players in the MLB. I think they're due SOME credit for that.
@youfreakinghippie I partly agree. There is no doubt that these players were GREAT even before steroids. For example, McGwire hit 49 homeruns his rookie year as a scrawny guy. The problem is that a considerable percentage of those homeruns (out of 80 for example) would have been deep fly balls which were caught at the fence if they were NOT on steroids. That's the difference. True, steroids won't help you HIT a ball, but it WILL make them go a lot farther.
@eckstein29 Amen. And Jay McGwire's book establishes that Mark's steroid use was limited, AND that he took almost no 'roids during '98 and NONE during '99.
Roids!
ksuowl2 1 week ago
Between the 3 of these guys, we'll see 1500 homers. No doubt.
xPureDeth 1 month ago
He does a real good job teaching everyone how to be a sell out.
mikemcghee1969 1 month ago
when does the steroids and tears start
123GEOABC 2 months ago
Welcome To Angels Pujols.
TheSportsBrief 2 months ago
If pujols son keeps learning that he will hit 600 homeruns at least
xXLuisito20Xx 2 months ago
All I know is his son is going to hit like 900 career homers
whilsta 2 months ago
i liked how they cropped out his son after he dropped the bat.
BerkeleyBuilt 2 months ago
McGwire: "Just position your leg right here, inject this needle right here and there you go. You'll hit 20 more Home Runs"
tigerwoods232000 2 months ago
@tigerwoods232000 I heard that! I swear i did!
MrDan101575 2 months ago
Big Mac's got twigs for legs now that the roids wore off.
chachdee 2 months ago
Albert Puljos is a sell out I wouldnt want my kid looking up to a back stabbing liar.
mikemcghee1969 2 months ago
@mikemcghee1969 Let me see. The guy played through his contract, said he wasn't going to discuss it during the season so that he wouldn't disrupt the team, was one of the bigger reasons the Cards won the series, then decided to go to the other league for an extra payout that most of us would consider a lottery win. This after the Cards gave their best shot. How is that being a back-stabbing liar?
Asshole1659 2 months ago
@mikemcghee1969 Obviously your not a baseball fan because Pujols is probably one of the most humblist players in baseball.
coolguyinthe562 2 months ago
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Albert is at least 5 years older than listed, and is due to start breaking down due to PED use.
sychophantt 2 months ago
Mark: come here I gotta' show you somethin'
Albert: what is it???
Mark: you'll see...
*5 minutes later*
Albert: what's that syringe for???
Mark: trust me on this ;)
QBDogKiller 2 months ago 2
that was extremely cool.
vitorbelfort 2 months ago
Im not worthy watching this video :O
WillNVRgetGLAD 2 months ago 2
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BigORat 3 months ago
Still one of the best videos of hitting I've seen. And there's no actual swings taken.
leovargas2 3 months ago 4
Pujols is never satisfied by any of his swings, he always thinks each could be better, which is why he is such a good player, as far as mark, he's definitely a good hitting coach, steroids don't teach you how to hit a ball, McGwire definitely knew how to hit
AceFackelman 3 months ago
Albert is better hands down.
TPM75108 3 months ago
hope Pujols' boy becomes a big leaguer...if he can learn properly from both McGwire and his dad Albert...he could hit like the next Griffey
KingOfKingz819 3 months ago
Shows how intense both Mark and Albert are. When Albert Jr. drops his bat they don't even notice. 1:28
cubeydoo 4 months ago
why would pujos be taking lessons from a .250hitter? pujols is waay better then mark ever was
muma0449 4 months ago
@muma0449 Well he is the hitting coach.
PaigeyLynn 3 months ago
@PaigeyLynn i can see..............
muma0449 3 months ago
@muma0449 Well you asked why he was taking lessons. Bc thats what hes supposed to do. Smart Ass.
PaigeyLynn 3 months ago
Mcgwire is a great hitter fuck all u haters
MICHA3LSGAMING 4 months ago
Say what you want about McGwire.... i'd love to have him show me how to hit a baseball.
undervenued 4 months ago
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Pujols is a thousand times better than mark ever was. Has mark ever had 10 straight seasons with a batting avg over 300 and over 100 RBI's. Basically if u dont kno baseball u would b against pujols.
IGenerate2011 4 months ago
Pujols is a thousand times better than mark ever was. Has mark ever had 10 straight seasons with a batting avg over 300 and over 100 RBI's. Basically if u dont kno baseball u would b against pujols.
IGenerate2011 4 months ago
if you think the little kid would beet theme both in a home run derby give me thumbs up if not ... well do it any way
4242me 4 months ago
F*ck Pujols..
derekjg1976 5 months ago
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Thethomasakatj 4 months ago
Mark McGwire owes all of his success to steriods. Albert pujols never took and never will take steriods
saadat504 5 months ago
@saadat504
Thank you for the prediction, Oracle.
Frankdtankspanks 4 months ago
i guess steroids do make your nuts smaller McGwire pants are tight as fuck! xD
braves5696 6 months ago 2
he's teaching that you don't have to be so tight and conserve your energy right before the ball gets there.Albert is by far a Super Freak player...2 homers just coming back from that injury.
VEGASINTN 6 months ago
That "kid" your all talking about is Alberts son, AJ.
vega1051 6 months ago
them are some tight pants Mark
SlickWilly32 7 months ago
My 2 fav. Cardinals - Pujols & McGwire! I'm a die-hard Cards fan, don't believe me? I skipped my Freshman H.S. Homecoming Dance to go see Mcwire hit 67 & 68-Yr he hit 70! Before the dance I was getting so much it's just b/c you can't find a date, blah, blah I said NO-Homecoming's gonna suck my Dad use to teach here-He told me & I'd rather go see history! Mon.I walked in everybody's going on Homecoming sucked & I have all these people saying WOW! You were right-I said Its good to be a Cards fan!
kardzfn21 7 months ago
that kids just like, whateves
maceace1245 8 months ago
@maceace1245 Thats Alberts Son Albert Jr (A.J.)
jedbell15 7 months ago
Yes Pulhos has a higher career average than Mcgwire, but Mcgwire was simply paid to hit home runs and have RBI. Batting average is so deceiving. A single with bases empty means nothing for a clean-up hitter. Pulhos is a better pure hitter and that is why he bats third. McGwire was always hitting the ball farther than anyone since his high school days. Yes even before steroids. To hit the ball over 500 feet for all of those years means Big Mac learned how to swing, read the pitcher, and play
gold2008 8 months ago
thats pooholes son
StudioYMJ 8 months ago
i hope that little kid knows how lucky he is
gdb2007 8 months ago
SWEET DUDE OR DUDET!!!!!!!
jbfans4eva1 8 months ago
No Mark, don't mess up Albert's stroke!
bugwit 9 months ago
i hate to bring this up but i think pujols needs a translator until his english improves because you can tell he cant articulate his thoughts well in english. i imagine hes a very intelligent speaker in spanish.
saxyhugs 10 months ago
@PabloNational1 because americans are lazy. Kids from the Dominican republic play "baseball" all day everyday with wooden stick balls and sticks. they are poor and even more outside than us.
SHorTy21ps3 10 months ago
@SHorTy21ps3 yeah, and you people are laxy too, bean fucker
graciemaemarie11 4 months ago
I really hope that kid is listening to everything they say. That is probably the most amazing thing to listen to these two great hitters talk about hitting in person.
Pelvisman1147 10 months ago
@Pelvisman1147 That's Pujols' kid. He'll learn plenty. lol
DooleyNotable 9 months ago 12
Hmm, debating steroids on the arm or the butt maybe?
KO4Yall 10 months ago
The hand eye cordination has nothing to do with the stroids, if you can't get the hands and eyes working together then you can't hit the ball.
infieldpeach 10 months ago
check out my albert pujols tribute video it hasa great rock song in it
baseballheaven2009 10 months ago
Gotta love the little kid trying to do what is being taught
Northeastbaseball 10 months ago
2 of the greatest shut up and just listen
drjoe2323 11 months ago
Hornsby also said, "Great hitters aren't born. They're made. They're made out of fault correction, practice, and confidence." And that's what you're seeing from those two in this video. Sure they have different approach to the ball. But at the end of the day, we learn best when we watch each other. They say,"You can't teacb instincts." I say, "You can teach someone how to be instinctive." You do that by watching listening, and learning.
mmmhmm11 11 months ago
very interesting dialogue between these two hitters. im loving how they seem to really listern to one another. That's how you learn in hitting. You have your approach and when its working no one is gonna try and change it (if they're smart). When it stops that's when everyone wants to give you advice. Ted williams said it best: "I say alot of guys can't become great hitters-can't even become good hitters. But i say this: There isn't a hitter that can't be made better."
mmmhmm11 11 months ago
so what if mark did steriods, it was what they did in that time and nobody cared about it like they do now. so that doesnt make him a cheater or bad player
gators24football 11 months ago
@gators24football no he is a cheater but yes it does take skill to hit the baseball but still to hit 60 HR's in one season is seeing the ball well.
T1TakeDown 11 months ago
nice video. thanks
pmcgraw13 11 months ago
You know that Stan "The Man" Musial would never pull shit like this that's why he Stan "the man" and the best first baseman in the modern era.
redmustang03 1 year ago
his kid should be just as nasty if hes learning from two of the best hitters in the last 25 years
maxout28 1 year ago
Cardinal fans will just eat this up...
DCussen 1 year ago
Pujols is my hero :D
State307 1 year ago
both great hitters and first basemen..but neither of these guys could hold the jock strap of jimmie foxx..the greatest 1st basemen in history and what most people don't understand is that at the time he played he was probably the best athlete in the game..he wasn't juiced up like most of the clowns out there today he was country strong from farm work as a kid..my grand dad has seen em all play..ruth, foxx, mantle, pujols..he says foxx could hit the ball further and harder than all including ruth
jsg2891 1 year ago
@jsg2891 different time different pitchers half the guys back then had jobs besides playing ball they would build houses or had other day time jobs so when the really good guys came along that were paid well enough to just play of course there is an advantage to hitters like foxx mantle in ruth but you look at who albert has to face and all the advances in the game and i dont know how you dont say he is the best 1st baseman of all time
herber1807 1 year ago
@herber1807 completely agree
hester23x 1 year ago
@hester23x yes but the yankees never knew how to react to the situation in the bowling alley .
neoimean7 1 year ago
Albert will make an amazing hitting coach when he retires from the game.
degen8807 1 year ago
Pujols does need a hitting coach! He should be teaching McGwire! Pujols the most natural beautiful swing I have ever seen!!! Nice vid. btw!!!
theitalian556 1 year ago
I love McGwire, have ever since I started watching baseball, and I love Pujols. So watching these two is like gold. And about the steroids debate going on, who cares? Even with steroids you still have to put in the effort to work out, it's not like you take em and you automatically become this amazing athlete. He knew how to play the game, well might I add, and he put in just as much time as the other players.
kittenslam260 1 year ago
I wish this video lasted an hour. I love hearing them talk hitting. See you all at the warm up!!!!! GO CARDS!!!!
FirefghtrX 1 year ago
GOD BLESS ALBERT PUJOLS! Can you imagine him not on the Cardinals? It would tear me apart if he left.
hooah9422 1 year ago
These videos are AWESOME. It does not get much better than listening to Mark mcGwire and Albert Pujols talking about hitting. I have died and gone to heaven.
Keep these videos coming.
pbnumber5 1 year ago
@SadegoGG ive read several of your comments and am appalled by your fundamental misunderstanding of the game of baseball all of them! i am a highly competetive youth baseball player and believe me both of these guys could take an amateur to the pros. To reach the level they are a comprehensive understanding of how theie individual swings work is 100 percent necessary. If they didnt have one they would be unable to fix their own swings! Believe me their swings are kinetically sound and if a
2928teddy 1 year ago
3,526 Hits...... 991 HR's.......... 2644 RBI's Worth of expeirence talking in that that batting cage. That kid is gonna have something to teach his little league coach!!
brianjamesmusictn 1 year ago 18
@brianjamesmusictn 991 HRs... Pujols can hit that many by himself if he plays long enough :P
Coastergeekperson04 3 months ago
@Coastergeekperson04 Anybody can do that if they play "long enough"
allstaridiot8 2 months ago
@Coastergeekperson04 combined with mcgwire you dumbass
f22cool 2 months ago
@f22cool All I was saying was that Pujols is very capable of hitting 991 home runs by himself, which he may possibly do someday. He is some kind of superhuman. I'm not even a Cards fan.
Coastergeekperson04 2 months ago
@brianjamesmusictn and one of them used steroids
MetallicaBowler09 3 months ago
I loved Mark McGwire he was one of favs, but he was so one dimensional. Get as close to the plate as possible and PULL everything.(with or without roids)
All Mark should do is study Alberts swing and let him (Albert) know if he starts to unintentionally change something. Other than that shut up and listen.
randall93 1 year ago
FUNNY,,, Mark McGuire giving Albert Pujols tips on hitting. Mark, 261 lifetime average,,with steroids. Albert, 331 lifetime hitter without steroids. today Albert hit # 400. the dastest player in major league history to do that. try not to help too much Mark....
JAYLEE169 1 year ago
@higgansc0781 hell yes i agree
shananabananamans 1 year ago
Albert talks about keeping that ball fair down the 3rd base line(staying inside the ball)...no one has ever been better at that then him....this is great stuff....i want more!
PHENOM880 1 year ago
I hope that you know that Barry and Sammy also have a spot in the hall of fame if he does
baseballfinatic8 1 year ago
Mark Mcgwire still would of hit over 500 Home Runs. Maybe not as fast, but he didn't break any rules because there was no fucking rule at the time. If theres no law for murder, then he's no murderer. He's help bring back baseball, so fuck the writers. Give him a damn spot in the hall.
higginsc0781 1 year ago 2
@jesse0576 yea ok , people like you are going to accuse every big homerun hitter of taking steroids
Veenstra14 1 year ago
@jesse0576 you dont know shit, he is clean
Veenstra14 1 year ago
@jesse0576 they tested him this spring and he IS CLEAN
79Truckpullin 1 year ago
two of the best hitters in the game period
79Truckpullin 1 year ago
@79Truckpullin
Too bad neither of them have developed an average amateur hitter into a great hitter or even a major league hitter.
SadegoGG 1 year ago
@SadegoGG Mcgwire worked with skip shumaker and turned him into around a .300 hitter
79Truckpullin 1 year ago
@79Truckpullin
When did he begin working with Skip Shumaker?
I'm, discussing your average high school hitter, not someone already on the Major League starting lineup. Also, I don't follow sports...but aren't the Cardinals hitting comparatively bad this year?
SadegoGG 1 year ago
the roids werent even illegal when he was using them.....
rome8790 1 year ago
@rome8790
And he got eye surgery to attain 20/10 vision, which pretty much every ball club (Especially the Twins) advocated to their players. But I guess that's perfectly fine.
SadegoGG 1 year ago
can you get more conversations between these two?
they are very interesting and informational
SirJaredTyler 1 year ago 12
@SirJaredTyler
Seriously? Do you want me to give you coaches who have never even played baseball who can tell you everything you need to know about powering your swing in less than 10 seconds? PM me some information about you and I will consider it.
SadegoGG 1 year ago
@SadegoGG
I dont understand. I just think the two greatest hitters in baseball speaking are very helpful and cool to listen to. I am 16 years old and would love to hear more baseball talk from the two legends.
SirJaredTyler 1 year ago
@SirJaredTyler
Well it's fine to listen...but to act like they have all the answers when they have never developed an amateur hitter into a professional hitter is a completely different story. Simply put, if you cannot teach something...you don't understand it. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you understand it. You can be a world class swimmer and unable to teach children how to swim, for instance.
SadegoGG 1 year ago
@SadegoGG he still has talent, and is the # player in MLB right now
Adderlyduran 1 year ago
best hitter in the game ever just as smart about hitting as ted williams was damn he is great
danmaster90 1 year ago
you try to do 1/8th of what he did with steroids, then you can say something. he was still a amazing hitter. you cant talk about steroids if you cant even spell it!
eckstein29 1 year ago 20
@eckstein29
I completely agree. Even with steroids, you still have to put a ridiculous number of hours into the gym, and then batting practice. Steroids don't work like some magic homerun-hitting potion.
youfreakinghippie 1 year ago
@youfreakinghippie yeaa steroids only make u hit like 50ft u still gotta hit it the 320ft
SuperMarlinsfan 1 year ago
@SuperMarlinsfan hell yeah
cheechOfile 1 year ago
@youfreakinghippie While it's true that steroids WON'T improve your coordination and help you hit a baseball if you already can't, it WILL make all those 300 foot pop-up outs into homeruns.
robalan9 1 year ago
@robalan9 That's the thing though, they DON'T. You still have to put the work into the gym. Steroids allow you to work out longer and recover faster, but those guys still had to work their asses off in the gym to gain that muscle mass in the first place. Do they help? Yes, but injecting steroids alone won't help you hit homeruns.
youfreakinghippie 1 year ago
@youfreakinghippie If steroids didn't help them hit homeruns, they wouldn't have taken them. Period. People don't take something unless it helps performance. Otherwise they wouldn't take it. Why subject yourself to all the side effects for no benefit? Agreed? (And I doubt "quicker recovery" is the benefit they are looking for.)
robalan9 1 year ago
@robalan9 I think there's a misunderstanding between us. I'm not saying that steroids don't help. All I'm saying is that they don't work magically. You still have to work out a TON(and the "quicker recovery" means their muscles can rebuild faster so that they can work out more often). The point I'm trying to make is that these (steroid users) were some of the hardest-working players in the MLB. I think they're due SOME credit for that.
youfreakinghippie 1 year ago
@youfreakinghippie I partly agree. There is no doubt that these players were GREAT even before steroids. For example, McGwire hit 49 homeruns his rookie year as a scrawny guy. The problem is that a considerable percentage of those homeruns (out of 80 for example) would have been deep fly balls which were caught at the fence if they were NOT on steroids. That's the difference. True, steroids won't help you HIT a ball, but it WILL make them go a lot farther.
robalan9 1 year ago
@eckstein29 Amen. And Jay McGwire's book establishes that Mark's steroid use was limited, AND that he took almost no 'roids during '98 and NONE during '99.
stevevandien 1 year ago
@eckstein29 so smart
cheechOfile 1 year ago
shut up steriods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!let the god of baseball teach u something
seckmanhockey97 1 year ago
that was awesome
dougLEGEND 1 year ago