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Originally Posted by magnet
Sure, you can claim anything you want. But to claim Bonds showed no marked improvement is just ignoring the facts.
Barry Bonds 1986-2000: 2 seasons with an OPS+ over 200 (205 in '92, 204 in '93); 3 seasons over 175 OPS+; 9 seasons with an OPS+ under 175
Barry Bonds 2001-2004 OPS-pluses: 259, 268, 231, 263
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It's just an issue of how you frame it. The point is Bonds' career curve is not more out of norm than Clemens.
There are certainly ways to consider Clemens' career curve normal, but that same logic could also used to consider Bonds' career curve normal.