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Baseball is Baseball when the players that are playing are in the same health conditions, and at the same standards that are set.
I'd only somewhat appreciate Manny Ramirez in the American Leauge, where he could be a Designated Hitter, rather than have him take his time in Left Field. But if I remember right, he was in Left Field most of the time when he was on the Red Sox.
There's been many "true blue superstars" on the Dodgers in last few
years.
And you're comparing pitchers to players...
No real true blue superstars for a while on the Dodgers.
Gary Sheffield was the last one. Although you can argue Adrian Beltre or Paul Lo Duca or Kevin Brown were superstars, I don't think they were true blue superstars, like at the top of their game and electrifying enough to bring in non fans like Shaq or Kobe would do.
Yeah, his defense isn't so great. But then again, baseball scouts nowadays don't care as much about defense as hitting. I mean, jeez, I think I used to have a better arm than Juan Pierre lolz
Make no mistake, Manny's performance is down post watever it was he took, and he is not as "electrifyingly amazing" as he used to be. But he served his punishment, and I'd like to see him retain his old form cleanly. But I do think that almost everyone in the MLB that is semi important juices.
I personally don't get why football players are allowed to juice so often and get away with it.