Baseball died a long time ago, at least since asterisk-gate. Asterisks by stats mean nothing and are rarely or ever noticed as even being present and are just ignored.
They normalized and de-stigmatized usage of 'performance-enhancers' and essentially marked all previous stats and records prior to their usage as meaningless, instead of the opposite of all stats since their adoption being meaningless and not 'real' baseball.
What has been played since 2000 (or even since 1996/97 to some) is not baseball. All stats and records that were achieved prior to their adoption and being permitted were achieved in a different sport.
Baseball died a long time ago, at least since asterisk-gate. Asterisks by stats mean nothing and are rarely or ever noticed as even being present and are just ignored.
They normalized and de-stigmatized usage of 'performance-enhancers' and essentially marked all previous stats and records prior to their usage as meaningless, instead of the opposite of all stats since their adoption being meaningless and not 'real' baseball.
What has been played since 2000 (or even since 1996/97 to some) is not baseball. All stats and records that were achieved prior to their adoption and being permitted were achieved in a different sport.
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