Before the steroid era, the official homerun record for major league baseball was 61. It was a mark Roger Maris hit breaking Babe Ruth's famous 60 home run record.
Then the record fell several times when guys like Sammy Sosa, Mark McQwire, and Barry Bonds started suspected juicing.
Most baseball purists consider the Roger Maris 61 mark the REAL record. For those folks, what Giancarlo Stanton is doing for the Marlins this season is pretty cool. He's been hot lately. Last night his six game straight homerun streak came to an end, but he's still on pace to break or tie the Maris mark of 61.
Me?
I'm a bit more jaded. I no longer think anyone is "clean." They are just better at covering up whatever they are using. Because of that, Barry Bonds has the record. His steroids were better than Maris' uppers.
And Ruth's prohibition beer.
That's the baseball world in a nutshell.
Agreed.
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