[RedBean]

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This is hilarious. 4.5% and 3%? Are you kidding me? Both runs and HRs went DOWN the year afte that, lower than the year before testing. Do you understand variance?


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In the 3 years since testing was implemented, HR's are up 1% over the 3 years prior.

Scoring is up, and ERA is up.

Certainly not the massive drop expected by many when testing was implemented.

Of course, in the 3 years since testing, pitcher's complete games are down 22% over the prior 3 years, and the average outing has been reduced almost an entire inning.

Where teams just 5 years ago carried 10 man staff, 13 is now the norm for some, the need to carry 2-3 extra pitchers to make up for the sudden inability of pitchers to recover.

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There are lies, damn lies and statistics.

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This is what people say when drug testing has a drastic effect on pitching statistics, instead of the desired effect on offensive statistics.