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Looks like the Raffy for Hall of Fame debate just got a lot more interesting. See here if you haven't seen the story yet. I also wonder if some pissed off senator is going to bring up charges for lying under oath to Congress. This could get real interesting. I can't wait for the explanation, aside from the standard I didn't know what I was putting in my body that we heard today. Either he was lying to Congress, or he just decided to start using steroids this season. Excellent. Good thinking. Well played, Raffy.
posted by Chill at 8/01/2005 01:10:00 PM
3 Comments:
I heard Olney break the story on ESPN Radio and was surprised to hear him say he would vote for both Palmeiro and McGwire for the Hall. He made a good point about there is no way to know who did and did not cheat so it would be unfair to guess. I see what he's saying but think that is crazy. We now know Palmeiro cheated. McGwire all but admitted to it before Congress. Bonds is full of it when he said he didn't know what he was taking. None of them should make the Hall. I know there are dozens and dozens of superstars out there who have a chance for immortality that have been suspected of using steroids but never caught. (Sosa being suspect #1.) Is it fair that some of these guys get away with it? No. But that's the breaks. To me this is worse than betting on the game. I know what these guys did was not technically against the rules of baseball at the time. But that doesn't mean that HOF voters can't use their own good sense to keep obvious cheaters out of baseball's most cherished place.
I don't know how I feel. For some reason this is different than Perry putting vaseline on the ball, etc. Similarly for me, because McGwire and Bonds were never caught, I can't justify keeping them out of the Hall. Lucky break for them. But I think any player that gets caught now, given the scrutiny, might just have played his way out of any hypothetical vote I may have had. Only recently did steroids become banned by MLB. Up until then, because MLB allowed it, players could use without punishment. Because of that, I don't think the players should be punished. But now, it seems a lot more like the Pete Rose situation than Gaylord Perry. Thoughts?
In the end, they will all be forgiven. All of them. Because we love and adore these players. We idolize them and wish we were like them. We love the sport so much we forget about the bad stuff. All the players have to do is apologize and we melt. Sportswriters are more guilty of this than the fans. This whole argument is moot.
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