Why out of all sports are these guys so roided out?

Just absolutely gigantic guys and all they do half the time is just catch a ball from the air

>>149852344 (OP)
it takes a lot of strength to hit a baseball 500ft

they aren't. like cycling, they just play a sport that cares about catching dopers more than the others.

>>149864512
The romanticism of baseball's status as the national pastime makes the public hold it to a higher moral standard compared to the other sports here. That's what made the big fallout in the 2000s all the more scandalous to the point that it prompted an entire congressional investigation. When baseball is corrupted, it feels like the entire country is too.

>>149852344 (OP)
no stamina elements apart from standing around. short sprints, swing fast, throw hard. checks all the boxes for roids.

>>149864733
It's because baseball fans are statfags who got mad that new players could break the old players' records by using PEDs.

>>149864914
Because stamina focused disciplines like distance running, swimming, and cycling are notable for their lack of drugs at the highest levels, right?

>>149852344 (OP)
I don't think baseball players are more roided out than other athletes, it's just focused on more in baseball (because of the fixation on stats in baseball, as another anon already mentioned).

>>149864914
Roid use isn't just advantageous for muscle building, it also allows for faster recovery time, and thus more intense training. It's an advantage even in disciplines where strength shouldn't matter.

>>149852344 (OP)
They just look more roided than other sports.

>short burst/long rest game
Sprinters are massive, marathon runners are skinny. The same applies here. A DH might swing at 20 pitches

>arm strength is key to all positions
A soccer player doesn't need biceps.

>uniform exposes the arms
Giant biceps are easier for people to identify as "roided" than giant quadriceps.

>>149869217
McGwire still hit 49 homers looking like he did on the right.

>>149870036
Steroids won't turn a bad player into a good one.

>>149864512
Bro, what? Have you see what the league looked like in the 90s? Legit the “biggest” athletes in the world. They made every other sport’s stars look like d2 college athletes.

>>149870456
define "biggest"

>>149870628
Most muscular

>>149852344 (OP)
roids went the way of the dinosaur (fake, they were actually dragons) when teh supersoldier clone experiments went into effect after Obama and they turned into a massive failure because they didn't take into effect the massive upgrade of physical porposrtions also meant a massive upgrade in mind power and so the supersoldiers humongous reasoning abilities refused to listen to crude directions and kill for the jews and thus the program decided not to waste these supermen but put them in sport. Aaron Judge being an easy example. gentle giants with very vague family origins. they exist in every avenue of sprts entertainment and have to be catered to so they don't blow the wholescheme not like people would beilive or even care at this point. Auston Matthews is another example. thing is they fade faster than the average real athlete and have to be given in the case of Judge 'juiced' balls....

>throw the ball as hard as you can
>hit the ball as hard as you can
that's it, that's the sport.
They're not more roided than other sports though, if anything they're less roided since baseball takes roid testing way more seriously than most sports.