It has been 20 years since Baltimore Orioles outfielder Brady Anderson hit 50 home runs, shattering his previous career high of It's commonly accepted that Anderson was using steroids during that season.
The only problem is that there is zero evidence of him using outside of the home run spike. For reasons I'll never quite understand, we all love a good conspiracy theory. Some think that there was a second shooter on the grassy knoll who shot President John F.
Everybody has one belief that goes against the grain of what commonly accepted knowledge is. Mine is that when Brady Anderson magically hit 50 home runs 20 years ago, he was not on steroids.
But before I can start to explain my reasoning and lay out the case that we have no reason to believe the commonly accepted narrative that the Baltimore Orioles outfielder juiced during the season, we have to look back at the sideburned wonder's career.
In , the Boston Red Sox made the Anderson their 10 th -round pick. He showed some pretty good promise in his first few years in the minor leagues. In his first full MiLB season in , Anderson hit. He flashed a combination of speed 44 stolen bases , power 19 doubles, 11 triples, and 12 home runs , and patience walks that would become his trademark.
