[craig]

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I'm not excusing what Bonds did or anything, but let's be honest here, Bonds is nowhere near unique in the history of baseball. Players have been cheating and lying as long as the game has been around.

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Sure, but there were only a handful that were eligible to be both:

A) At the top echelon of the baseball pantheon
B) Accessible to non-legal performance-enhancing methods.

Do people keep forgetting that Bonds is on the verge of passing BABE RUTH for 2nd on the all-time HR list? That is the difference between him and...Alex Sanchez.

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Willie Mays, Joe Dimaggio, Mickey Mantle, etc, etc, all took Amphetamines. These are definitely "non-legal performances-enhancing methods," and baseball agrees as they recently started testing for them...

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They are now testing for them, but I think when Mantle, Dimaggio, etc... were taking amphetamines, they were somewhat legal. They probably had prescriptions. But, if they were injecting them, then it was illegal during their time. They are "performance enhancing" because they will keep you "going" longer, but it won't necessarily make you stronger. In fact, amphetamines can still be gotten legally today. Kids are prescriped them for ADD.

craig