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Originally posted by CET
Muscle doesn't help you hit a ball better, practice does. I'm willing to bet that he used steroids for their ability to help him recover more quickly between games. Baseball players go from game to game and practice to practice so quickly that I have no doubt that they get really tired. The ability to recover quickly is undoubtedly an invaluable commodity to someone with such a work pace.
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this is only half true. You are correct that muscle doesn't help you hit a ball. Practice does and if you don't have the eye and the agility to put the bat on the ball no amount of muscle will help you. Also, with the massive number of games they play being able to recover faster would be an invaluable thing.
But muscle does help you turn what would be a warning track pop-up into a home run. Look at baseball and look at all the guys that hit a lot of home runs. 90+% of them are big, strong guys (i'm not saying that they all do steroids, most probably don't ) if it was all technique Ichiro would lead the league in homeruns. Look at guys like A-Rod, Bonds, Giambi, Sosa, McGuire etc. look at them when they first came into the league and were good 30 home run a year hitters and compare those pics to when they started hitting more homeruns and the difference is obvious. Muscle and strength don't help you hit the ball, but they do help you hit the ball out.