There were a lot of "wow" stolen base numbers in the 80s, but your general thesis is spot-on.

And those might well be coming back if you eliminate the roided sluggers from the game.

Yes, because no one associates speedsters with PEDs. Oh, gosh no. Never.

BTW, Rick Reilly informs us that the long putter, which apparently is some sort of golf thing, is:

the cheatstick

steroids with a leather handle

the scamstick

the wonder wand

And I'm still trying to figure this simile out:

Tour pro Carl Pettersson, who has used one exclusively for the past 16 years, told The AP's Doug Ferguson, "It feels a bit like a witch hunt to me."

He's right. It IS a witch hunt. Because long putters make you putt like a witch.

Seems like you'd end up with a bell curve very close to what you have now.

There is no bell curve now. I mean, there may be -- in the human race.

It's ####### amazing that you can agree with a point you disagree with.

There are dozens of Neifi Perezes for every ARod. And removing Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro, et al. does not turn Jeter into a 600 HR hitter.

Right. Let me know when you find someone who claimed it would.

All you have to do to disprove this "bell curve" idea is to eliminate Jeter's appearances (or anyone else's) against the A-level pitchers from his statistics, and see what sort of a difference it makes. His numbers would likely rise a few points or a few home runs, but that's about it. It certainly wouldn't transform him into Honus Wagner at the plate or Ozzie Smith in the field.

Other than asserting the sky is blue, did you have a point here? Watching you two blow each other was a special moment, though.