Baseball's steroid era lasted from the early 1990s to the early 2000s — a time when the Boston Red Sox were still stuck in the Curse of the Bambino and reeling from the collapse of the 1986 World Series.
From 1990 to 2005, Boston made the playoffs seven times, including finally breaking the curse in 2004. Despite having the longest World Series drought in baseball at the time, the team has always had star players.
During the steroid era, the Red Sox had an MVP winner in Mo Vaughn, two Cy Young Award winners in Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez, as well as many Silver Slugger and Gold Glove winners.