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...revenue. As ballpark operations and the lucrative salaries are staples of the game, the thrill of witnessing a Manny Ramirez homer over the light-towers or a ninth-inning rally must sometimes strike a cool accommodation with the business side that brings the batter to home plate or the pitcher to the mound...
...ballpark’s beauty is truly appreciated through the eyes of a seven-year-old who dashes into the grandstands for the first time, absorbing the enormity of the left-field “Green Monster,” and obsessively staring at the anonymous relief pitcher playing catch in right field. Fenway Park awes with its present, regardless of the unjust proportion of Red Sox joys to sorrows...
...here's a reality check: 33 of the 48 major and minor league players suspended by baseball for using performance-enhancing drugs since the start of 2006 were pitchers. That's a stunning 69%, if you're keeping score at home. "With steroids, there has been a preoccupation with one aspect of the game--the home runs," says steroid expert Dr. Gary Wadler, a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency. "To be fair, you have to look at other aspects of baseball performance." Steroids can speed a pitcher's recovery time and perhaps bump him a notch...
...Aaron got help of a different sort. Yankee Stadium, the House That Ruth Built, was really the House Built for Ruth. The right-field fence, just 295 ft. from home plate in 1923, was a dream for a left-handed hitter. Perhaps more important, Ruth never faced a black pitcher. How would he have fared against Satchel Paige, "Smokey" Joe Williams and other Negro League greats...
Aaron benefited from a field change. In 1968, the Year of the Pitcher, Aaron, at age 34, hit 29 home runs. After that season, baseball lowered the pitching mound, from 15 in. to 10 in. Advantage, hitters. Over the next five years, Aaron averaged 41 homers. An incredible feat, but it's fair to ask, What would have happened if the mound hadn't been lowered? Bottom line: every era is imperfect. Bonds' is the steroid...