That wasn’t the point of the discussion. People may have turned it into a referendum on the Yankees over the past twenty years, but the point I’ve been responding to was the repeated assertion that all of the Yankee championships of the 90s are tainted by steroids. It’s simply untrue.
I think all of baseball in the late nineties is tainted by steroids, and I don't see why the Yankees would be excluded from that. I find it hard to believe any of the major contenders in that timeframe weren't juicing. But whatever.
That is not true.
2000-2010 is also tainted by steroids throughout, except for Chicago White Sox fans who like to pretend 2005 is the lone exception and only everyone else was cheating. Can’t have it both ways.I think all of baseball in the late nineties is tainted by steroids, and I don't see why the Yankees would be excluded from that. I find it hard to believe any of the major contenders in that timeframe weren't juicing. But whatever.
f*** the Yankees.
Where is the evidence that 05 sox players were juicing though? No one's name (outside of Everett) came up in any allegations or reports AFAIK. The Sox in 05 were 22nd in the league in HR's, 18th in SLG% and OPS%, yet were 5TH in league batting average. Steroid-based power ball wasn't their MO that year so it'd make sense that none of them were juicing.
I didn’t say there is evidence. Where’s the evidence that the 1998 Yankees were juicing? I keep asking, and people respond with players who weren’t even on the team.
The 1998 Yankees didn’t have a single player hit over 28 hr. To accuse them of juicing without a shred of evidence is specious af. No reason to think they’re any more suspect than the 2005 cws.Let's also not forget that the Yankees had the most players implicated in the Mitchell report out of all major league teams. 26 in total.
Yankees implicated in performance-enhancing drug use
Yankees implicated in performance-enhancing drug usewww.sfgate.com
It would be naive to believe they weren't using in the late 90's as well.
At least your consistent then, which is all I’m asking. That also makes there World Series win as illegitimate as the rest of them from the era, to the extent why are considered illegitimate.
If everyone is doing it then there are no outliers. It doesn't stand to reason that everyone juicing was named in the Mitchell report.
I care about the juicing to the extent that it affects individual records and accomplishments that transcend eras. I don't really care when comparing teams within a given season/era.
Just hate to see it, especially at home in front of a bunch of obnoxious Cardinal fans.
