I wish it didn't end in the hands of the ump like that, but that's what we've signed up for as mlb fans, humans having to do the impossible job of determining balls and strikes.
This is what you said:
"Babe Ruths and Mickey Mantles absolutely destroyed any average or below average pitchers. But against Hall of Fame pitchers? nothing"
Idiotic.
He might have done it in the offseason. Anyways, I don't really care if players use steroids, heck w/e Hendriks is doing I hope he shares with all of our pitchers!
So he took steroids at the start of the playoffs and added 3-5 MPH on his fastball in a couple of weeks? I'm not a doctor but I don't think that's how it works.