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Whose names are Hank Aaron<\/a> and Roger Maris<\/a>.
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\nWe will never know how many home runs Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa would have hit with a clean body \u2014 and it is too bad because they were or are great, great hitters. But the one thing we do know: Hammerin\u2019 Hank and Sweet swinging Roger Maris were clean fellas. I pay tribute today to their great careers.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"