great point!! take any two big hitters. give one a month cycle of any steroid/gh combo and give the other one dose of amphetamine. i bet anything the amphetamine user increases his skills more.
No chance in hell. Running bases, distance running, etc..., that's where the amphetamine wins (and make no mistake, I believe at minimum, 80% of MLB is on amphetamines such as Ephedrine). But not hitting the ball far. Occasionally you have a great hitter like Bonds or Griffey Jr. But after the McGuire/Sosa summer...it's no longer the same league. It's just not believable anymore, and that's why this controversy came up. If this keeps up, we'll hopefuly get to that Nintendo game with robot baseball players who blew each other up. That game ruled.
But do you realize what this argument is a rehash of? What did Arnold weigh in at at the same BF% as Coleman when he won? Who was taller?
Progress has its critics.