Some may have naively thought that the worst of Major League Baseball's scandalous era of chemical chicanery was behind us.

The sport, of course, was notoriously slow, in relation to the Olympic movement and even the National Football League, to begin testing for performance-enhancing drugs. But it did start testing, with penalties attached, in 2004. And nearly 30 players have been suspended as a result. It is probably no coincidence that since 5,451 home runs were struck in 2004, the ...

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