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The past affects the future

The power hitting numbers dipped from 2004 to 2005, with 37 batters hitting 30 or more homers in '04 down to 27 batters hitting over 30 in '05. That number rebounded in a big way last season, when 34 batters hit 30 homers and two more hit 40 or more homers than the previous year. There were also more runs scored overall last year than in '05, so the initial thoughts that the crackdown on steroid abuse would curtail scoring has been debunked -- for now at least.

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