I still think of him as a non-steroid all time home run leader. NO JUICE NEEDED OR REQUIRED!
Was lucky to be able to see him play sometimes on TV before cable.
To Hank!
I wouldn't talk about Hank and juice. His 1973 season was wildly statistically improbable for a 39-year-old. There's very little evidence but steroids and amphetamines were clearly part of the game then. This guy sums up the case well.
Looks like a whole lot of speculation and conjecture. "He was so good, he HAD to be on something" is a pretty flimsy argument.
But yeah, amphetamines (and other things) led to Tommy Simpson's collapse and death on Mont Ventoux in 1967. Tragic. c.
It is flimsy but no more so than "no juice required."
Which leaves us to try to explain Babe Ruth. Not juicing in any way that would actually help, but were opposing pitchers going easy on him? A star at Boston, traded to NY and immediately hit twice as many HR? Still hitting over .300 at age 37 and then back to Boston where he performed as one would expect. I call maximum bullshit.
I would rather know a player juiced and overperformed than know a player took cash to underperform.
I still think of him as a non-steroid all time home run leader. NO JUICE NEEDED OR REQUIRED!
Was lucky to be able to see him play sometimes on TV before cable.
To Hank!
I wouldn't talk about Hank and juice. His 1973 season was wildly statistically improbable for a 39-year-old. There's very little evidence but steroids and amphetamines were clearly part of the game then. This guy sums up the case well.
Looks like a whole lot of speculation and conjecture. "He was so good, he HAD to be on something" is a pretty flimsy argument.
But yeah, amphetamines (and other things) led to Tommy Simpson's collapse and death on Mont Ventoux in 1967. Tragic. c.
I still think of him as a non-steroid all time home run leader. NO JUICE NEEDED OR REQUIRED!
Was lucky to be able to see him play sometimes on TV before cable.
To Hank!
I wouldn't talk about Hank and juice. His 1973 season was wildly statistically improbable for a 39-year-old. There's very little evidence but steroids and amphetamines were clearly part of the game then. This guy sums up the case well.
I still think of him as a non-steroid all time home run leader. NO JUICE NEEDED OR REQUIRED!
Was lucky to be able to see him play sometimes on TV before cable.
To Hank!
I agree - Aaron will always be the HR king to me. Players thought he somehow calibrated his bat for distance - a lot of his dingers dropped 'just' over the fence, like a chip shot hitting the green.
He was beloved by fans and players alike - I've read anecdotes about his class on and off the field. One of the great ones. c.
"A Perfect Spy" was absolutely amazing, perhaps in part because it used so much of Cornwell's early life and dealings with his shady, larger-than-life father. The paperback copy I bought in '87 had a blurb from Joseph Roth calling it "the English novel since the war."
His works weren't always great. The adaptation of "The Night Manager" with Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie has great pace and pitch but the novel was pretty wooden at times. But "The Spy Who Came in From The Cold" has an ending that punches you in the gut. An amazing achievement for someone just starting out as a novelist.
Spot on. Just re-watching the BBC's 6 part series of "Smiley's people" with the genius Alec Guinness as George. Brilliant. Re-watch of "TSWCIFTC" next. Happy New Year RP family.
A dying breed for sure...Now it is take the money and run it seems. 
