The major league season is a grind. 162 games day in and day out. Over the course of this grind, the body goes through peaks and valleys. During the peaks are when you are at your best, when you are hitting well, feeling good, muscles not sore, bat speed at its peak, legs feeling strong etc etc etc.

When you are in your valleys you might not be hitting so well. Your arms are sore, your legs feeling a bit heavy, you are feeling a bit tired, bat speed a little slower, not up to your peak so to speak.

You may feel strong in April and May, not so good in June, maybe a little better in July, not so much in August, better in September etc etc etc.

What steroids do is keep you at that peak for a substantially longer period of time. The grind of the season does not affect you LIKE IT IS SUPPOSED TO because you are juicing up on illegal roids to keep that from happening.

Steroids are not going to make a guy like you or I all of the sudden be able to hit major league pitching. Bonds is a great hitter already, no doubt about that. But the steroids keep him great day in and day out, almost immune to the rigors of a long season. He does this artificially. Its no different than using a corked bat.....You still have to make contact, but when you do....you get the picture.

Dont look at it from the standpoint steroids INCREASING his skill level. Look at it from the standpoint that the roids help him MAINTAIN his skill level for longer periods of time.