Palmeiro caught

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bottom line is still that only 3 other people in the history of the sport did what he did, not 35 a year and certainly not fred mcgriff. If it was any other player it'd be no discussion. You can throw around all the talent pool excuses and I agree bnut every era has had its excuse wether it be a shorter game schedule, no night games, not playing against blacks or having a better talent pool but in turn facing the same pitchers more often. The finish line is the same, he's accomplished what less than a handfull have, aaron was no power hitter and never had more than 50 in a year but in the end no one questioned his durability and year in year out numbers.

Naturally now theres the steroid question but thats another issue, all the above was an issue before todays findings and I think it was just plain ignorant to even be a discussion. Even if you somehow dillute the fact he was on his was to 600 homers which only 4 other men have done. How do you combine that with consistent hitting and getting 3,000 plus hits or is everyone in the league throwing out 200 hit seasons with 40 homers.

as for your out of the air numbers, last year less than 10 players had 40 home run seasons.