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SUNNYSIDE, Calif.—On Wednesday, two friends completed a journey many baseball purists only dream to one day embark upon by visiting every baseball steroids supplier in one season. A season they say was packed with memories and nostalgia they will forever cherish.

When Gary Avrant and Michael Saker began their season-long pilgrimage to visit every Major League Baseball steroids supplier in April, the end of their journey was uncertain and difficult to imagine. Now the duo has visited all active suppliers and even three abandoned facilities that still stand.

“It’s amazing the things we’ve seen and the impact each steroids supplier has had on the history of this great game,” said Avrant.

Saker said he and Avrant will begin compiling the trip’s memories into a scrapbook as soon as they return home. “We saved the stubs of all our prescriptions from every supplier,” Saker said. “We’ll include our pictures and the syringe we were lucky enough to catch at Miami’s Smithton Health, LLC. I just wish we could have had it signed.”

The pair of lifelong baseball fans agreed the experience is one they will never forget and something they will tell their grandchildren about someday. “I think it’s so important to preserve the history of baseball,” said Avrant. “There is no better way to understand the history and development of this game than by seeing the places where the shear skill and raw power of players has been created day after day for so many years.”

“It was almost overwhelming walking into some of those places,” added Saker. “Just thinking of the many great players who have been in those buildings was enough to send chills down your spine.”

The men, both writers, hope to document their amazing summer but have received opposition to steroid insiders in the form of public criticism and Bud Selig death threats.