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Old 08-10-2013, 08:26 PM   #2669
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TBF A-Rod was very very highly touted coming into the league, people expected him to be great.

Without the PEDs he would have still been a great player. Don't think anybody is disputing that.

In order to "stay on the top" though, the PEDs obviously helped that. Like Damian Rey said, a lot of times in a sport like baseball the PEDs don't make them "better", but they help them with their consistency and help them maintain what they already have. Lotta people joke that baseball is such a super lazy sport (not a lot of running etc) but being able to perform at the peak of your ability for 162 games is no easy task. The PEDs defs helped him do what he does for as long as he has.

That being said, the whole saga of him trying to deny it etc etc is mostly what people are getting uppity about, I guess. IDK. Tired of hearing the letters P E and D come up any time anyone mentions baseball. Just ban him so we can move on.
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