The assault on the home-run records of Babe Ruth, Roger Maris and Hank Aaron began.
Baseball's all-time home-run king is accused of getting steroids from a San Francisco company called BALCO.
He regressed somewhat last year, but remained the biggest home-run threat in a powerful lineup.
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It was Maris who, in 1961, hit 61 home runs and broke Babe Ruth's single-season home-run record.
Whether ongoing prodigious home-run production will temper his compulsion to sprint around the bases remains to be seen.
He also denied taking steroids at any time in 2001 when he was pursuing the single season home-run record.
In the majors, Harper's home-run hustle is a microcosm of his style of play, which is reminiscent of the hard-charging Rose.
Recall that in 1998 McGwire and Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa were lighting up the sports world with their home-run-record chase.
That was twice as fast as last year's slowest major-league home-run stroll, a 31.56-second crawl by Bobby Abreu, then of the Dodgers.
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This season, Harper has posted the sixth-fastest home-run trip around the bases.
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Harper's lack of showmanship stands out in an era of home-run pageantry.
Incredibly, this guy caught a home-run ball from Yankee catcher Jorge Posada.
He's on target to challenge Barry Bonds' home-run record, and Bonds himself, of course, is accused of steroid use - quite an irony here.
As most Americans ponder the home-run derby between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, software's own Sultan of Swat delights in the sport of mental chess.
His career 2.21 ERA is unmatched in modern times, and his strikeout, walk, and home-run rates are as good or better than any pitcher, ever.
Rather than anyone he grew up watching, Harper emulates players his father told him about, like Mantle or, when it comes to home-run trots, Pete Rose.
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"I anticipate it's going to be different because we don't quite have the home-run hitters that we've had in the past, " Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Revenue and ticket sales set records right through this years' controversial home-run chase, in which so many frowned at steroid-suspect Barry Bonds breaking Hank Aaron's all-time record.
In 1998, after Mark McGwire admitted to doping while setting his home-run record, he was attacked in the press and later blackballed from the Hall of Fame.
And there are other people, I think, who are disappointed because I think there was, you know, desire to see the all-time home-run record be untainted, you know.
Home-run records hadn't been broken often: It had been 37 years since New York Yankees right fielder Roger Maris had hit 61, eclipsing Babe Ruth's 1927 record of 60.
It was officially made yesterday that he and - the San Francisco Giants aren't going to ask him back for next year now that he set the, obviously, the contested home-run record.
"I anticipate it's going to be different because we don't quite have the home-run hitters that we've had in the past, " said Joe Girardi, starting his sixth season as manager.
We've had a lot of people kind of commenting on our Web site, and there are people who kind of said, just expect that every home-run hitter has used steroids.
Swisher's departure came a day after postseason home-run hero Raul Ibanez agreed to a one-year deal with the Seattle Mariners, leaving the Yankees to search elsewhere for a designated hitter.
The indictment comes three months after the 43-year-old Bonds, one of the biggest names in professional sports, passed Hank Aaron to become baseball's career home-run leader, his sport's most hallowed record.
Last year, Harper's fastest home-run lap lasted 16.2 seconds.
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