Because rules matter. If you lose an arm wrestling contest to a guy using both his hands are you going to congratulate him? Sounds like you would.

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So Lance Armstrong is all good in your book? record 7 Tour De France wins stands? Because 'he did it' and we can't ignore that?

Every single baseball writer/manager/analyst in America would likely disagree with you on some level.

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I very much doubt that. It's hard to disagree with a fact.

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because to many people, especially a lot of older folk, baseball is religion. Even more important than 'real' religion. It's the oldest thing we got in this country. It's our history's history.

When I was a teen I went with my folks to a trip to England. We did a tour of this 2000 year old castle. I remember when I heard that I was like holy shit, 2000 years!?!? How can I even comprehend that when my country isn't even 200 years old (at that time).

Baseball to us is the closest thing we have in this country to that 2000 year old castle they have in other countries.

Everyone has their quirks. Baseball fans disavow records tainted by the abuse of illegal drugs. Hockey fans complain about shootouts, defensive systems, and goaltender pads. Football fans obsess over random aggregations of out-of-context statistics from a popular TV show.

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That's fine. I respect that. But I mean... gotta face reality. There's one single season home run record. It's not really debatable.

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Yup, and it's 61.

You're ridiculous. #NotMyHomeRunRecord

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I have never once said your arguments are always simplistic. I said you are a dumb cocksucker. Big difference.

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You'd be wrong.

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To be clear, disagree with me on what? That "73" is the only acceptable answer when talking about what the home run record is?

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Not sure what point you are trying to make. What's the single season home run record?

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Veganfan you have bad posting etiquette.

I'm on my phone, but your first post at the top of this page is wrong. Bonds didn't break any rules when he hit 73

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Leash,

What does MLB say constitutes a series?

Also, what does MLB say the HR record is?

Why is it ok to use one as support in an argument but using the other is "very simplistic"?

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Steroids joined MLB's banned substance list in 1991.

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There's nothing wrong with using it as support of an argument. Yours is just wrong.

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But other supplements like the shit McGwire used to hit 70 wasn't. So it's pretty much impossible to say what he was and wasn't using. The 1991 memo is extremely vague and easy to find loopholes in.

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You still have yet to say what I am actually wrong about. I think I know why.

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Well, he could have been specific, but when he attended a Congressional hearing and they asked him, he cried and said he didn't want to talk about the past. Also, Sosa forgot how to speak English.

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You're wrong that 73 home runs is agreed upon by all, or even most, as the baseball home run record with no strings attached. There are MANY who still consider 61 to be the record.

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Oh, we agree on that. There are a lot of idiots in the world.

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Whoever hit the most home runs in a single season without cheating has the record.

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Oh ok. So Barry Bonds then.

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Ya know, I once argued that steroids shouldn't matter and everything should be legal. I even argued that the speed they took in the 70s was no different than steroids. But if you look back at the numbers and the performances, there's nothing comparable to the steroids era. They were barely human. Mark McGwire's upper body was almost literally twice the size of a guy like Anthony Rizzo, who is large by baseball standards. It just isn't comparable to anything else.

I think Brady fucking Anderson hit 50+ one year, as did Luis Gonzalez? I could be off there.

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Right, but there has to be one agreed upon record. And it becomes really nonsensical to start parsing every great season for fairness.

Did Bonds use shit that today's players can't use? Sure. But if Stanton hits 62+ bombs this year, do you give him the record? The balls are clearly juiced this year so I think you have to account for that.

It's a fun little sports/bar argument but if we are all being serious you simply cannot argue anything other 73 is the record. It would be like arguing the earth is flat.

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Your boy thinks it is.

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Yup. Great basketball player. Probably could've used another year or two at Duke

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If he gets to 62, many people will celebrate. It's already been discussed.