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>>>>I think we all agree on why he is an exception to the age "rule." (Roger Clemens's late career performance also makes one wonder). All I was saying is Bonds was a great player BEFORE the time he is believed to have started using steroids.
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>>>Apparently great was not enough for him <g>. He wanted to make it to greatest... and at all cost.
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>>And even beforehand, he was arguably the greatest ever.
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>I don't think I would go that far. Babe Ruth? Ted Williams?

I said it before. Ted Williams was, hands down, the finest pure hitter ever to play the game. He left a little to be desired in the field (and most everywhere else), but once he stepped into the batters' box, he was the epiptome of what hitting a baseball is all about.