Whitey Herzog had a theory that makes a lot of sense: Steroids got into baseball when all the multipurpose stadiums were built. The football Cardinals were working out with the baseball Cardinals. The Raiders were working out with the A’s, the Steelers with the Pirates, the Reds with the Bengals. They were sharing weight rooms. The facilities weren’t what they are now. The football guys would show up, and the baseball guys would look at them and say, “Wow, how did you get so big?” Steroids were all over the NFL then. So it’s logical that it would go from one sport to the other.
