David Ortiz has one of the worst stat lines in baseball this season. Ortiz could be suffering the effects for his lack of steroids. I know it’s been taboo to suggest Ortiz is a steroid user but the fact that Ortiz who went from hitting 30-plus homers from 2003-2007 simply isn’t the same player he [...]
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