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Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball
They were a significant contributer. I don't see how it's even debatable.
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Sorry, but I don't think steroids happened overnight in the early 90's. I think players were juicing way before that time. So if players were always juicing, it doesn't for me explain why all of a sudden players in the early 90's started hitting out of their mind. Not by a little. Overnight HRs spiked... "coincidentally" after baseball hit an all-time popularity low. Of course PEDs increase HRs. But the impact on the steroid era are unbelievably exaggerated.
I've already mentioned expansion era, smaller strike zones, and new stadiums as a huge contributor to HR increases. Given the coincidental timing of the HR surge, fair to ask if a lively ball or improved bat may have contributed to it too.