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[โ€“] njm1314@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Excuse me. The baseball greats of old didn't take greenies and steroids. They used cocaine like grown ups.

[โ€“] Patnou@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago

lol look up greenies and I am talking Babe Ruth days.