March 04, 2009
The Acne on the Back
Rob Neyer responds to Murray Chass who responded to Joel Sherman on Mike Piazza's back acne indicating the catcher did steroids. Murray's article is the most interesting, since he explains the New York Times would not allow him to accuse Piazza of steroid based on back acne, and that Piazza's acne disapppeared once testing started.
Posted by David Pinto at
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OK, after reading all three articles my biggest conclusions are: Chass is a jerk and the NY Times is even more untrustworthy.
As for Piazza and steroids I have no idea, but given how common they were (and Jose Canseco is looking like the only honest person out there, sad to say) it seems like there was a level playing field between hitters and pitchers. The great players did lots of hard work, which coupled with talent & good luck made them great players. Steroids haven't turned career minor leaguers into major league players.
