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October 08, 2010
Who Stole All The Runs In Major League Baseball?: Freakonomics Radio looks at the possible causes of the 18 year low in runs scored during this year's MLB regular season. Possible suspects include the end of the steroids era and a new emphasis on strong fielding skills.
posted by ursus_comiter to baseball at 05:41 AM - 3 comments
My suspicion: Greg Maddux stole them when he retired. He's selling them on the Japanese black market.
Together with livers, kidneys and other organs he has harvested from hobos and street walkers.
posted by holden at 12:37 PM on October 08, 2010
Possible suspects include the end of the steroids era
Someone should really get around to documenting when the end of the fucking "steroids era" happened.
I thought it was 2009, when home runs were down at the start of the season in the American league (but then finished as the highest per-game total since 2004).
I thought it was 2007, when the Mitchell Report was released, and the media attention was at its brightest.
I thought it was 2005, when MLB announced stricter steroid testing and harsher punishments.
I thought it was 2002, when MLB announced comprehensive steroid testing.
Are we to believe that even though nothing happened during the the 2010 off-season, THIS is when the steroid era ended?
posted by grum@work at 09:24 PM on October 08, 2010
My suspicion: Greg Maddux stole them when he retired. He's selling them on the Japanese black market.