Questionable Cause: Homeruns

One of the best hits in the game of baseball is a homerun. No other hit can a player gaze at the accomplishment they achieved. It is the touchdown of baseball. No one was better at hitting home runs than Barry Bonds, whose name being kept out of the hall of fame is an outrage. Barry went through much scrutiny with his steroid allegations. Which, he was eventually proven guilty of taking. Barry is not the only home run hitter to get caught taking steroids; Ryan Braun, Mark Mcgwire, Alex Rodriguez, and Nelson Cruz, to name a few. Steroids have been linked to baseball for many, many years. They have always helped players hit the ball farther. Steroid users in baseball hit home runs. Anyone who hits a home run uses steroids.

This statement is an example of a logical fallacy, questionable cause.

This fallacy wants one to believe that because one thing is commonly found with another thing, they go hand in hand. When they really do not. There has been many home run hitters who have not used steroids. One hitter who comes to mind is the great Albert Pujols. He has been hitting a ton of home runs throughout his entire career, and has never failed a drug test. Also, it would not be plausible to believe that an player who hits a home run is on steroids. There are a lot of players who only hit 15 home runs, at max, a season; Dee Gordon, Howie Kendrick, Jose Reyes, and Ben Zobrist, to name a few. Also, some players who play all season do not end the season with more than five home runs. If this fallacy is to be true, there would be many more home runs hit in baseball.