Trivia Tuesday: Before the Power Surge

On Sunday, Alex Rodriguez tied Frank Robinson on the all-time home-run list. At the end of the 1998 season Frank Robinson was 4th all-time on that list and there were only 15 members of the 500 home run club. Today, Robinson is tied for 7th and there are 25 members of the 500 home run club. But let's turn our dial back before the home runs flew out of the park due to steroids or HGH...can you name the other 14 members (besides Frank Robinson) of the 500 home run club as of the end of 1998? Bonus points if you can tell me the order they were in.

No cheating. Put your answers in the comments below. Good luck!


Bonus question: There are only five active (as in still playing) Major Leaguers who have more home runs than recently-elected Hall of Famer Jim Rice (382) but less than the 500 home run club. Can you name those five between the two?

Study: HGH Significantly Increases Sprint Capacity in Healthy Recreational Athletes

I've heard the argument that there is no proof that HGH actually helps to improve the performance of athletes. This study may blow that all out of the water. This trial is the first to show that growth hormone positively affects physical performance. Here are the details from the video and then the press release:



Philadelphia, May 4, 2010 – A study released today in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians (ACP), finds that human growth hormone (HGH) improves sprint capacity in healthy recreational athletes. This is the first trial to demonstrate that HGH improves athletic performance.

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