If Babe Ruth played in todays era, Would he have tried Steroids (Read On)?
Ruth was known as the ultimate competito, one who would do anything to gain an advantage. Such as a corked bat From Bill Jame's "Baseball Historical Baseball Abstract" in 1983 a travelling Hillerich and Bradsby exhibit featured a Babe Ruth bat. According to Dan Gutman in In Ain't Cheatin' If you Don't Get Caught, the Seattle players were admiring the bat "when Dave Henderson noticed that the round end of the bat didn't exactly match the wood of the barrel. The end was cracked, but the rest of the bat was not. " 'That's a plug!' said Henderson. 'This bat is corked'" ... As I see it nothing could be more typical of Ruth than to use a corked bat if he could get by with it. Ruth tested the limits of the rules constantly; this is what made him who he was." Ruth would push the limits to make himself better. Soo would he have tried roids in your mind?
Baseball - 7 Answers
People's Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
Answer 1 :
We dont know if Ruth didn't take 'roids....
Answer 2 :
Well never know. I mean, I'm sure most would like to be able to say he wouldn't, but then again how could we ever know.
Answer 3 :
the bat was not Ruth's bat. his were canadian made. h b had babe ruth autograph model. in new york, steroids . hot dog and beer diet. no reliable tests. i think he would have. unfourtantly we will never have any evidence. he always will be the greatest baseball player ever.
Answer 4 :
I believe he would have. Here is an answer I gave to a similar question: Well, there have been reports that Ruth injected himself with an extract from sheep's testicles to enhance his performance at the plate in the 1920's. I'm not saying he did or didn't, just reminding people that it is not as far fetched as one might think. Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard was making injections derived from the testicles of guinea pigs in the 1800s. "According to The Baseball Hall of Shame's Warped Record Book, by Bruce Nash, Allan Zullo and Bob Smith, the Bambino fell ill one year attempting to inject himself with extract from a sheep's testes. This effort by more than a few athletes of his era to seek the healing and strengthening properties of testosterone prefigured the craze for steroids." - Dave Zirin *
Answer 5 :
that's a great hypothetical question I like to think of him bulking himself up on hot dogs though, not the syringe
Answer 6 :
Of course he would have .... If he played today he would be so out of shape all he would have is the long ball he constantly smoked cigars and drank beer so he obviously would give a rats ass about his health. Nothing would be holding him back He wanted to be the best ... he was baseballs first Diva
Answer 7 :
no way, he was to busy chasing women, drinking beer, hanging out with childred, and hitting homeruns. he was a legend
Ruth was known as the ultimate competito, one who would do anything to gain an advantage. Such as a corked bat From Bill Jame's "Baseball Historical Baseball Abstract" in 1983 a travelling Hillerich and Bradsby exhibit featured a Babe Ruth bat. According to Dan Gutman in In Ain't Cheatin' If you Don't Get Caught, the Seattle players were admiring the bat "when Dave Henderson noticed that the round end of the bat didn't exactly match the wood of the barrel. The end was cracked, but the rest of the bat was not. " 'That's a plug!' said Henderson. 'This bat is corked'" ... As I see it nothing could be more typical of Ruth than to use a corked bat if he could get by with it. Ruth tested the limits of the rules constantly; this is what made him who he was." Ruth would push the limits to make himself better. Soo would he have tried roids in your mind?
Baseball - 7 Answers
People's Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
Answer 1 :
We dont know if Ruth didn't take 'roids....
Answer 2 :
Well never know. I mean, I'm sure most would like to be able to say he wouldn't, but then again how could we ever know.
Answer 3 :
the bat was not Ruth's bat. his were canadian made. h b had babe ruth autograph model. in new york, steroids . hot dog and beer diet. no reliable tests. i think he would have. unfourtantly we will never have any evidence. he always will be the greatest baseball player ever.
Answer 4 :
I believe he would have. Here is an answer I gave to a similar question: Well, there have been reports that Ruth injected himself with an extract from sheep's testicles to enhance his performance at the plate in the 1920's. I'm not saying he did or didn't, just reminding people that it is not as far fetched as one might think. Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard was making injections derived from the testicles of guinea pigs in the 1800s. "According to The Baseball Hall of Shame's Warped Record Book, by Bruce Nash, Allan Zullo and Bob Smith, the Bambino fell ill one year attempting to inject himself with extract from a sheep's testes. This effort by more than a few athletes of his era to seek the healing and strengthening properties of testosterone prefigured the craze for steroids." - Dave Zirin *
Answer 5 :
that's a great hypothetical question I like to think of him bulking himself up on hot dogs though, not the syringe
Answer 6 :
Of course he would have .... If he played today he would be so out of shape all he would have is the long ball he constantly smoked cigars and drank beer so he obviously would give a rats ass about his health. Nothing would be holding him back He wanted to be the best ... he was baseballs first Diva
Answer 7 :
no way, he was to busy chasing women, drinking beer, hanging out with childred, and hitting homeruns. he was a legend
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