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I forgot to mention Gaylord Perry
He's already in the Hall of Fame but shouldn't be. He's admitted to throwing illegal spitballs. How is a young athlete supposed to learn honesty and good sportsmanship if he or she sees cheaters in the Hall of Fame?
posted by
jollyjeff
on May 15, 2006 at 9:57 AM
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Rose....YES!
Bonds and Mcguire.....HELL NO!
posted by
venemousgeorge
on May 13, 2006 at 9:39 PM
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All three belong in the hall of fame, although I don't think that Rose should be let back into baseball. George Preston Marshall is in the pro football hall of fame and he was a known bigot. The last man in the NFL to sign a black ballplayer. Even when he went to his grave, he stated that a trust fund that he had willed to charity not be used to benifit anyone of color. But Marshall is in the hall, because of all of the things that he did to promote the game. Good for him.
Baseball didn't test Bonds and McGwire. So they can't take their records away. It is what it is. They can't have it both ways. They can't make millions off of these players and then say that they aren't worthy of the hall. Bonds is still drawing huge crowds to see him play. Without him right now, good or bad, no one would care about baseball until the post season.
What difference is there between say, Mike Webster of the 70's Pittsburgh Steelers or Randy White of the Dallas Cowboys of the same era and Bonds and McGwire? They all used performance enhancing drugs didn't they? And White and Webster are in the pro football hall of fame. Besides, it's only baseball. It's just a game. There are more important things in life besides which ballplayers took steroids and which didn't. They'll never catch every cheat anyway.
posted by
growler
on May 9, 2006 at 6:24 PM
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you are so right.
posted by
Amanda__
on May 9, 2006 at 12:36 PM
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