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redbirds33

Ryan Howard has 53 homers, and the Phillies have 24 games left.
Now that the game is supposedly cleaned up, is 62 worth anything like it used to be?

breakboy forever · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject:

"Baseball is loath to admit that it blew it during the late 1990s and early 2000s when Bonds, McGwire and Sosa – each as juiced as a glass of squeezed oranges – made a mockery of the record book and spit in the face of Maris' accomplishment."

I got a chuckle out of this article. But it's so true! Surprised

If Ryan Howard can get past Maris' record of 61, give the man the crown... he deserves it ALOT more than Bonds, McGwire, and Sosa.
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pizzaguy · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:23 pm Post subject:

Wilson · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject:

Satchel Paige · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:52 pm Post subject:

I don't know why Sosa is accused of steroids. Bonds said he took it, McGwire was caught with it, but Sosa was never found with anything.
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redbirds33 · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject:

Sosa went in front of congress and didn't deny that he took steroids.
To me, it's pretty simple. If you did it, you keep quiet on the stand. If he didn't do it, he should have (and would have) denied it.

Wolf · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject:

James14 · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject:

Ryan Howard is just a beast. That's all. If he doesn't hit 62 this year, he'll do it next year!
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Snyder281 · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject:

Satchel Paige · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject:

Wilson · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:27 pm Post subject:

I think Ryan Howard is just a pure home run hitter. I think if anyone brings around suspicion that he's taken steroids, they should be ashamed of themselves because there's no proof at all.

However for Sosa I think the corked bat thing was an honest mistake but come on he hit 15 or 16 homeruns after being accused of taking steroids. The proof is in the pudding my friends.
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Chippy · Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:37 pm Post subject:

redbirds33 · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:11 am Post subject:

Update:
Howard has 56 homers with 19 games to play.

The controversy when Maris hit 61 was that they played 162 games rather than the 154 that they played when Ruth hit 60. If Howard gets to 61 in the next 11 games (154 total), then he's hit another milestone in baseball history.