Thursday, January 04, 2007

Garbage

Read the article:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hof07/news/story?id=2717705

ESPN surveyed Hall of Fame voters for their opinions regarding Mark McGwire's presence on the Hall of Fame ballot. Only 27% said Big mac deserved to be in the hall, and 44% said Bonds deserved to be in. This is one of the most ridiculous things ive ever heard.
How can any person, let alone the supposedly-educated and unbiased HOF voters, think that Bonds deserves to be in the hall and big mac doesnt.
I completely agree 100% with what Bill Simmons said, and can only say that the HOF is not the place to make an example of someone. Big Mac should not pay the everlasting price of being blocked from the HOF because a substantial portion of the league was using performance enhancing drugs.
Frankly, i blame Bud Selig and the owners for this plight. In the 90s, when players were using steroids, the owners and Selig turned the other way and decided not to do anything about enforcement. You can't make big mac (and i guess sosa) the bearers of the punishment for this. I'm saying that these suspected steroid users should not be shunned by the hall because there was no reprecussion while they were playing.
However, i think that players who do test positive can be scrutinized because the rules have changed so the judgment can change.
Thats my story and im sticking to it.
Laz

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