Tank McNamara by Bill Hinds for July 25, 2013

Well, Davis is doing his part to cool down the PED whispers. He hasn’t hit much of anything since the All-Star break …

The legit record? In a 162 game season, not the real record – Ruth’s.

Remember when Pete Rose was the most evil thing to happen to baseball? Would he even get a passing glance today?

Maris’ HRs by year:1957 14 1958 28 1958 9 1958 19 1959 16 1960 39 1961 61 1962 33 1963 23 1964 26 1965 8 1966 13 1967 9 1968 5 1961 total is 56% more than 1960 and 85% more than 1962. Never before or after did he reach 30.

Differences between 1960 and 1961: Two new teams meant lousy pitching; one of the new ballparks was a bandbox that you or I could have hit homers out in; Maris had Mantle batting ahead of him, so pitchers had to choose their poison; they didn’t have video scouting so they didn’t know how to pitch Maris.

Also remember that there were no PEDs back in the olden days.

A-rod might be the next to get a lifetime ban although I think he’s desperately trying to work out some kind of plea bargain. It was kind of funny how quickly Braun’s former defenders turned against him…….

Rose was a manager when he bet on games. How do you know the games were not affected by his game day decisions? He deserves the ban.