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As long as they put an asterisk next to his name with a footnote that says he was juicing to achieve those stats, i have no objection to admitting him in the HOF.
 
lunatic59 said:
As long as they put an asterisk next to his name with a footnote that says he was juicing to achieve those stats, i have no objection to admitting him in the HOF.
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I don't see that happening. They tried to do an asterisk with Maris when he broke Ruth's record, but that didn't stick and actually made perfect, logical sense.
 
First and foremost MLB is not the body that approves or disapproves enshrinement in the HOF. The Baseball Writers of America (BBWA) are the people who vote players in.
Secondly, it is naive of all baseball fans to believe that there are no cheaters enshrined in the HOF already. Players of yesteryears used greenies, and speed and other drugs during their careers and were still enshrined.
Thirdly, it could be argued that the players who took steroids did not cheat due to the fact that MLB had no policies regarding steroids at the time when the players were using. The commissioner and the owners had no problems pocketing the profits from the "steroid era" but they sure did not do much to curtail or stop it. Their amazed and surprised acts when the scandal broke was both insulting and infuriating for anyone that considers themselves a baseball fan. The truth of the matter is this, in my opinion every last person in the front office, clubhouse and everyone else should be held accountable for the steroid mess in baseball. It is impossible for me to believe that from the lowliest clubhouse attendant to the scout that signed the player to the owner that ultimately authorized the big money contract could not look at that player and see and recognize that there was more going on than weight training. The players did not cheat so to speak, they plain and simply broke the law by possessing and using the steroids. They should have been punished by the law first and foremost.
Now that being said it is not only the players who should be blamed for the "steroid era" there is plenty of blame to go around. The game of baseball has been damaged worse by greedy agents and its' own spineless comissioner than by anything else and that includes steroids.
 
It's on Showtime. Kind of like Hard Knocks but for baseball. This year they are showing the Giants. Some great behind the scenes stuff.
 
theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee bears.

Killa Kershaw vs Little Timmy the Beast today. Go Kershaw! :p

Reds better hold onto this lead. I need Cueto to get this damn W.
 
NightAngel79 said:
Bout time we beat the pirates
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