Would you suspect him of using steroids?
I have no reason to suspect Aaron Judge of using steroids regardless of his team.
Regardless of what team anyone is on I wouldn't publicly connect them with steroids unless I had some kind of proof that he'd been using. That's the kind of innuendo that can ruin a guy's reputation.
IOW I wouldn't say so even if I did. I find no need to repeat every unfounded suspicion I have.
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I never assume any individual player is on steroids without sufficient evidence. And that evidence cannot come in the form of statistical improvement or elite performance alone.
However, I do strongly suspect multiple players throughout the league continue to use and manage tobeat the system
I'm sure it is and always has been pretty much a collective problem. PEDs have gotta be around because so many are undetectable. The numbers of players involved from periods to periods may change but no doubt it is NOT an individual problem. And it's too bad the League cherry picks individuals to be their object lessons while others go untainted.
Judge will be or is suspect already just because of his sudden rise at age 25. The Yanks entered spring training this year thinking they would have to send Judge back to the minors just so he could hit everyday (ha ha) But he sure is big enough to hit all these homers... maybe he just found a good hitting coach.
Steroids or no steroids, I don't want Judge on the Red Sox. I don't want any stinking Yankee on the Red Sox.
He's on the Yankees. Surely he has been to their clinic in Miami....
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I've long suspected there's something fishy in the Yankee clubhouse water fountain.
Every time some player shows a power surge mid-career, the steroid chatter begins. Judge, obviously, is a bit early for that. But Jose Bautista certainly was a hot topic. Like there was no other way. And it's so unprecedented. Right?
By that logic, Roger Maris was clearly on steroids.
And Babe Ruth...
What a stupid thread. He’s a massive human being. He should have power.
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I have no reason to suspect Judge. But I do think the damn ball is juiced. Every freaking day there's another 470 foot home run.
I've come to agree about the balls. I know the NCAA has changed to a flatter-seamed ball in order to negate the effect of the BBCOR bats that became mandated because of safety concerns. I have to wonder if MLB has quietly gone to the same type of ball in order to increase the flight of the ball.
"The D-I switch was widely expected after an NCAA study revealed that the flat-seamed ball travels an average of 20 feet longer out of a pitching machine set to simulate typical home run conditions than the raised-seam ball..."
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It's a mere moment in a man's life between the All-Star game and the Old Timer's game.
-Vin Scully