You are incorrect.
The HOF tells the story of baseball. For better or worse roids were / are a part of the game. Hell Pete Rose should be in the HOF. MLB has banned him and that is fine with me. He should be banned for what he did. But let the all time hits leader in the HOF.
Big Mac admitted to it, Sosa was caught with corked bats + on PED positive list so fck no. Anyone caught cheating bigtime or who made a confession (or any other evidence) shouldn't be in. And no, pine tar and spitballs don't really count as cheating. If you've ever played baseball, you know how big a deal it is to use a corked (fungo) bat.
Just for shits and giggles:
Mark McGwire's Changing Muscles
McGwire crying in his confession
While it's admirable that McGwire came clean, he still doesn't belong in the Hall.
Saying stupid shit like "there's not a pill or injection that's going to give me the hand eye to hit a baseball" while conveniently not mentioning that it gave him a huge advantage (faster swing with a heavier bat that allowed normal pop flies to barely clear the fence for a HR that would have been an out otherwise) is ludicrous.
It's either all or none. If you let one guy in who was caught, then you have to let them all in. Right now it's none and I agree with that, they chose to use illegal substances and should be penalized by exclusion to the Hall of Fame.
The HOF tells the story of baseball. For better or worse roids were / are a part of the game. Hell Pete Rose should be in the HOF. MLB has banned him and that is fine with me. He should be banned for what he did. But let the all time hits leader in the HOF.
The problem is how do you determine who was 'caught'? Was Clemens caught? Was Bagwell? Was Piazza? Note that I'm not asking if they took steroids, I'm asking if they were caught taking steroids.
I wouldn't say we should let more people in from the steroid era just because their numbers were higher, but the best pitcher and position player of the steroids era definitely deserve to be in the hall.
I'm for Rose being in as well.
Interviews with José Canseco and trainer Brian McNamee stated that Clemens used human growth hormone, Deca-Durabolin, Winstrol, Sustanon, and Anadrol, during the 1998, 2000, and 2001 MLB seasons, some of which he obtained through McNamee from Radomski. Radomski corroborated these allegations as far as to say that he sold performance-enhancing drugs to McNamee in amounts that were clearly for redistribution. Clemens declined interview.[28]
This. No way should they be considered for the baseball HOF. That's an insult to those who stayed clean then and now.Yea, no. Neither of them belong in the HOF. Cheats should never, ever be given the opportunity. They simply do not deserve it.
Piazza and Bagwell, there's no evidence against them so they should be in.
I agree with this. I don't know why they didn't get in this year.
Only in the Robot Leagues.I predict the future of baseball is androids