I believe there is some truth to it, but how much remains to be seen. George Plaster had a good point on his show tonight. Maris' record stood for nearly 40 years, very few even came close, then all of a sudden it gets shattered twice in the same year, and several more times since then. All of this happens on the heels of a nasty strike that cancelled the WS and drove away the fans. Baseball needed something to bring them back, what better than a record setting home run chase.
The part I'm most interested in though is Canseco's allegation that the then owner of the Texas Rangers, none other than President Bush, knew what was going on. I'll be very interested to see if there's any truth to that one, and also to see how the talking heads on both the left and the right try to spin it.