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  • Trust the Numbers, Except When They're Juiced Not coincidentally, Major League Baseball's so-called Moneyball Era, roughly the mid-late 1990s until the mid-late 2000s, coincided with its so-called Steroid Era.

    Baseball After Moneyball Matthew Futterman 2011

  • Retroactive to the 2001 season, every international initiative and batting statistic generated by the Bush administration shall be accompanied in the official Major League history by an asterisk, and the 2001 to 2007 seasons will henceforth be known as the Steroid Era of American foreign policy.

    The Shots Heard 'Round the World 2007

  • Retroactive to the 2001 season, every international initiative and batting statistic generated by the Bush administration shall be accompanied in the official Major League history by an asterisk, and the 2001 to 2007 seasons will henceforth be known as the Steroid Era of American foreign policy.

    The Shots Heard 'Round the World 2007

  • Retroactive to the 2001 season, every international initiative and batting statistic generated by the Bush administration shall be accompanied in the official Major League history by an asterisk, and the 2001 to 2007 seasons will henceforth be known as the Steroid Era of American foreign policy.

    The Shots Heard 'Round the World 2007

  • It's possible to discern five aspects of what might be termed Steroid Ethics.

    Printing: Steroid America 2008

  • It's possible to discern five aspects of what might be termed Steroid Ethics.

    Steroid America 2008

  • Admittedly, much of that stretch came during the so-called Steroid Era, when offensive numbers were inflated, but three of the five seasons in which the rotation's ERA was over 5.00 came as offense was dying down in 2007, 2008 and 2010; the latter was known as the Year of the Pitcher, yet the Pirates had an abominable 5.28 ERA.

    SI.com 2011

  • Admittedly, much of that stretch came during the so-called Steroid Era, when offensive numbers were inflated, but three of the five seasons in which the rotation's ERA was over 5.00 came as offense was dying down in 2007, 2008 and 2010; the latter was known as the Year of the Pitcher, yet the Pirates had an abominable 5.28 ERA.

    SI.com 2011

  • The revelations in recent years about the sport's so-called Steroid Era ignited an ongoing debate on the standards through which individuals should be admitted to the Hall of Fame.

    NYT > Home Page By ANDREW KEH 2011

  • - The last few decades of Major League Baseball will forever be known as the Steroid Era.

    IGN Sports 2010

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