The Last Home Run

record belongs to Roger Maris, who in 1961’s season hit 61 home runs, and set a stage that has not been replicated with legitimacy, meaning without the aid of steroids and other PEDs. There was actually a movie created about Maris’s 1961 milestone, called 61* The three players that have broken Maris’s record were all on the influence and use of anabolic steroids (Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire). Sosa knocked sixty-six home runs in the 1998 season, which originally broke the record,…

“A swing and a drive. It’s back, way back there, going, going, I don’t believe it! That ball is outta here!” Mickey Mantle is known as the father of baseball’s “Tape measure Home Run,” meaning the ball was hit so far, they needed a tape measure to figure out how far the ball actually went. Ending his career with 536 homers, many of them flew out of the ballparks helped him earn his many respects as one of the best players baseball has ever seen. Growing up, Mantle was born in an extremely poor…

Consequently, if one player uses steroids it usually results in more players taking them as well. Before the 1996 baseball season, the ‘61 New York Yankees stood alone as the only team to knock out more than 225 home runs ever in a season. However in the past nine seasons, twenty six teams have accomplished this once unheard of feat (Verducci 39). 40 year old pitchers were aging backwards since the later years of the 1990’s. They were throwing just as good and as…

way more exciting and fast. Which as a sports fan that's everything they should want in a sport. It would make the game more exciting by more points being scored, bigger hits, and lots more home runs. Think about how cool it would be to have a perfect score in a home run derby, or having someone hit 100 home runs in season. Think about how awesome and exciting that steroids could make the sport(Katz,2008). Athletes that are expected to have great seasons have great pressure on them to win. By…

Drug use is a problem in every sport, but no sport compares to baseball. In a game where home-runs bring in the money, players usually do whatever it takes to get an edge. This includes taking performance-enhancing drugs that cause many health issues and permanently damage the body. The Steroid Era saved Major League Baseball because of increased attendance to games and income due to home-runs. On August 12th, 1994, the Major League baseball players association went on strike. The strike lasted…

imagine yourself struggling in the minor leagues playing baseball and providing too minimal of pay to support your family. Then, someone introduces you to a drug that will increase your fast twitch muscles and allow you to recover faster, hit farther, run faster, and several players in leagues above you are using it as well. Would you take it? In the late 1980’s through the early 2000’s players decided to take the chance and it started what is known as the “Steroid Era”. This era took over…

designated leader of the settler group realized, that imposition of strict lifestyle rules was the only way to ensure the survival of the emerging colony. Accordingly, all settlers in Jamestown were required to work, and those who did not till the land run the risk of being denied food rations (Garcia-Martinez 83). Such disciplined lifestyles ensured the colony survived. Anne Bradstreet epitomizes the disciplined, self-sacrificial lifestyles of the early settlers. Initially a reluctant…

This study analyzed the different forms of news coverage pertaining to the steroid era in Major League Baseball, along with the fan’s opinions of Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro. These three players previously tested positive for steroid use throughout their time in the Major Leagues. While all three of these players showed remarkable talent throughout their Major League careers, their statistics will always be tainted, which influences peoples opinions on whether or not they…

I walked up to the home plate ; Mr.jaan pitched the ball and I was thinking just do it. I was thinking so hard in fact that I got one strike for doing so. Next Mr.jaan got a the ball and made it bounce so he said it was a ball .On the third roll I kicked so high and long that Oskar could catch it but it slip out of his hands and then I started to run as fast as lighting or people just call me the the Jogging Cow. While I was running the only thing I can think of was run but the problem was…

teams, so in that league the pitching is the most important statistic; for example, last year Clayton Kershaw were the best pitcher in the league and he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League. The best effectiveness of the pitchers is found in the National, the earned run average in the last 5 years among the 15 teams of the league is 3.01; on contrary, in the American League the ERA (earned run average) in that span is 4.20; in addition, in the American League is very common…