No one is saying that steroids alone can make you a good hitter, or that you need steroids to be a good hitter. Steroids are a "performance enhancing" drug, which means they can make a bad hitter a little better, and a good hitter a little better; they can't make a lousy hitter a great hitter.
"No one is saying that steroids alone can make you a good hitter, or that you need steroids to be a good hitter. Steroids are a "performance enhancing" drug, which means they can make a bad hitter a little better, and a good hitter a little better; they can't make a lousy hitter a great hitter."
Can they make a good hitter with mediocre power into a great hitter with great power? That seems to be the case with Palmeiro.