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Don't ask why, just wave goodbye, Baseball WeeklyBlame it on the juiced baseball. Blame it on the juiced players. Blame it on the shrinking strike zone. Blame it on the shrinking pitching talent pool. Blame it on the easy-to-hit new ballparks. Blame it on the easy-to-see baseball. Blame it on all the new bat companies. Blame it on all the underground steroid use. "Hell, blame it on global warming," Toronto Blue Jays manager Jim Fregosi says. "We're blaming all these damn homers on everything else, so why not?" Welcome to the era when major league baseball games start looking like your kids' T-ball games, when Jermaine Dye and Tony Batista become household names, and when we yawn at 40-home run seasons. Just wondering, but considering that Fregosi, 58, was a six-time All-Star who hit 151 career homers, how many would he hit in today's environment? "I wouldn't want to hazard a guess," says Fregosi, who saw 180 runs scored in the Blue Jays' recent 10-game homestand, "because the figure would sound ludicrous. "But you can't even compare players from the past anymore. You've got to judge the players by decades, not their overall stats. "You look at the Hall of Fame, and there are guys today who are in there who hit 140 homers and drove in 700, 800 runs. "You do that now, and you'd get laughed out of Cooperstown. "It's a different game, a different time." Nowadays, we're seeing things we never thought possible. Just a week ago, Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada became the first teammates to hit homers from each side of the plate in the same game. Mo Vaughn, Tim Salmon and Troy Glaus of the Angels became the first trio to hit home runs in an inning twice in the same game. The Minnesota Twins, who hit just 105 homers all last season, hit six in one game. Kevin Elster of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who retired and didn't even play last season, hit three homers in one game. Jermaine Dye has hit 38 homers in the last seven months - eight more than Hall of Famer George Brett hit in any season. And the St. Louis Cardinals, who hit only 58 homers in 1986, hit 55 home runs in April, tying the 1947 New York Giants for the most home runs in a month in the NL. Where will it stop? Will it stop at all? "To me, Aaron Sele (of the Se

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  • "Hell, blame it on global warming," Toronto Blue Jays manager Jim Fregosi says. "We're blaming all these damn homers on everything else, so why not?"
  • "I wouldn't want to hazard a guess," says Fregosi, ...
  • "To me, Aaron Sele (of the Seattle Mariners) says it all," Fregosi says. "You look at his ERA the last four years - 5.32 ERA, 5.38, 4.23, 4.79. And he's one of the top free-agent pitchers in the game."
  • "I can't explain it," says Batista, who already has hit eight homers this year for the Blue Jays and has hit 39 in the last seven months. "For me, it's just a matter of getting playing time. I knew once I got the chance, I could hit homers."
  • "I don't like adjusting rules or changing rules," commissioner Bud Selig says. "I know we did it in '69, but I'd rather not do that."
  • Shane Reynolds says: "You can't expect to see games like you've seen pitched for (35) years in the Astrodome. Those days are gone."
  • "This is the damnedest thing I've ever seen," former Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog says. "The game has changed so damn much. The ball is juiced, the pitchers don't use the inside half of the plate and the hitters look like NFL linemen."
  • "We call it Home Run Field, not Enron Field," Astros pitcher Jose Lima says. "Last year, we couldn't wait to get home. This year, we don't want to come home. It's scary."
  • "They've got to do something," Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan told ...

Sports referenced in this report
Baseball,

Names included in this research material
a six-time All-Star, Gary Sheffield, household names, George Brett, Batista, Kevin Elster, Bud Selig, Scott Elarton, Shane Reynolds, Matt Williams, Everett Stull, Roger Clemens, Whitey Herzog, Roger) Maris, Tony Batista, Randy Johnson, Troy Glaus, Jorge Posada, Hall, Jose Lima, Aaron Sele, Nolan Ryan, Pedro Martinez, the first teammates, the first trio, Tim Salmon, Mickey) Mantle, Piazza,

Organizations mentioned in this research paper
Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, Blue Jays, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Giants, Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, NFL, Dodgers, Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Mets, Angels,

Locations mentioned in this paper
Cooperstown, Atlanta, Houston,

Facility included in this essay
Enron Field, Hall of Fame,

Keywords mentioned in this essay
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