Comments on: Manny News Trucks Media’s Persecution Of PEDrs

By: SbBGirl Whitney's #1 Fan

SbBGirl Whitney's #1 Fan — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:11:32 +0000

GIVEN: The Baseball Hall of Fame is supposed to be a repository of baseball history.

GIVEN: Breaking baseball's records via steroids is part of the sport's history.

GIVEN: Denying these people (McGwire, Bonds, Ramirez, Canseco, etc.) access to the Hall of Fame is like denying that they existed and that the Steroids Era is not happening.

CONCLUSION: Let them all into the Hall of Fame, steroids or otherwise.. but tell their whole story. Tell the world that their performances and records were artificially-enhanced… and let future fans of the sport (if any) be the judge.

By: Flying Tilapia

Flying Tilapia — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:27:00 +0000

Hm. I think the gates of Cooperstown will remain closed to these players, until a few classes of them are inducted prior to their outing as juicers.

By: Keeter

Keeter — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:57:19 +0000

give everyone steroids. I want to see 1000 ft homeruns and pitchers clocking 125 on the radar

By: Alex Rodriguez

Alex Rodriguez — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:43:50 +0000

Thank you Manny

By: Joe E. Gladstone

Joe E. Gladstone — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:42:48 +0000

it was Manny just being Manny

By: Brooks

Brooks — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:25:21 +0000

My god, keeping Manny out of the HOF?

Please, for the love of all that is holy, stop listening to Mike & Mike!

(POT ROAST!!!)

By: Brad S

Brad S — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:17:27 +0000

As far as folks like McGwire and Bonds being denied the HOF: It's extremely hard to make a case to keep out players who helped make Major League Baseball a global game, despite the PED usage. After all, McGwire, Bonds, et al, saved MLB from a date with irrelevance.

By: Brad S

Brad S — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:10:50 +0000

"Can you imagine what we would know about him if he was playing today?"

Ty Cobb would've smothered his own career in the crib if he acted the way he did today. It's highly unlikely he would've gotten past AA ball today with attitudes that were considered to be expected behavior back then (especially the racial ones).

Which is one big reason why we should be leery of getting into "presentism" when discussing whom to let into the HOF. Differing standards of morality between the eras, you know.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:22:55 +0000

Agreed Brooks. That's the problem with baseball right now. Too many media types put Cobb, Ruth and others on such a high pedistal, that they go on their high horse now when someone is caught cheating.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:03:04 +0000

Well said Brooks. I am convinced that the only people that care about PEDs are talk radio blowhards. The steroid era, while unfortunate, is not something the average fan loses sleep over.