So, with the acknowledgement of A-Rod testing positive in 2003 my list of truly great (meaning non enhanced) baseball sluggers I have seen play has dropped to 2.  With a lot of impressive, but not amazing longballers that don't make the cut.  

Although my mark for making the cut has probably been altered greatly due to the fact that at one time I was too naive to believe that both of the thigh-like forearms of Slammin Sammy and On the Mark McGwire were being drugged up.

The two that remain on my list match the two archetypal Major League Sluggers 

• Jim Thome the doubles hitter who periodically jacks one, until his legs wear out and he is forced to become a designated hitter, puts on some pounds and resorts to just hitting for the fence, because second base is to long of a distance for a consistent sprint anymore.

and

• Ken Griffey Jr. the fast young sweet swinging outfielder, who stretches himself just too far enough times that he's worn out and injury prone by his early 30s.  He fights back from each injury, just to re-bench himself with another risky play he could've made less than a decade prior.

Both of these men might also fall off this list, like Rafeal Palmeiro did some years back.  But I hold out hope that there have been a few of the classic consistent fence swinging sluggers since I have been watching baseball religiously.

but according to the NYT (which like a good liberal I should believe dogmatically) 

Graphic: Home Runs Steroid Era

That list is getting SLIM