Giancarlo Stanton believes records are made to be broken, even tainted ones.
The Miami Marlins slugger admitted Wednesday he doubts the legitimacy of the single-season home-run records Babe Ruth set in 1927, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa etched in 1998 and Barry Bonds ultimately surpassed in 2001. Stanton agrees with those who consider Ruth’s record tainted because it came before Major League Baseball had integrated itself and Sosa’s, McGwire’s and Bonds’ marks to be blemished since they happened during baseball’s “steroid era,” according to The Miami Herald’s Andre C. Fernandez.
“Considering some things I do,” Stanton said. “But at …