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re: Barry Larkin says no one associated with PEDs will be elected to HOF
Posted on 7/24/13 at 2:18 pm to sms151t
Posted on 7/24/13 at 2:18 pm to sms151t
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Yes but the point is that Andro started the witch hunt. Baseball writers refuse to acknowledge that their heroes of the past did the same thing as the modern day player
It came to ahead when Canseco wrote that McGwire was doing a whole lot more than just Andro.
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Posted on 7/24/13 at 2:41 pm to TigerintheNO
When I see people campaigning to kick guys like Mantle and Arron out of the Hall for their use of amphetemines (also illegal drugs), then I'll take them seriously.
But PEDs were not only "legal" in a baseball sense, they were actively encouraged. But we still haven't gotten over our phony moral outrage. Part of that is glorification of the past, and part of that is our inability to talk honestly about drugs in any context, much less sports.
What will eventually happen is someone elected to the Hall will then cop to PED use, and the barrier will slowly erode. But the idea that the best hitter and pitcher of the past half century are both eligible but not in the Hall is absurd (Clemens and Bonds). We are reaching a point where the players left out of the Hall are far superior to those getting elected. Also, many people are being kept out on rumor and innuendo.
Make an era adjustment for the offensive context, and then move on.
But PEDs were not only "legal" in a baseball sense, they were actively encouraged. But we still haven't gotten over our phony moral outrage. Part of that is glorification of the past, and part of that is our inability to talk honestly about drugs in any context, much less sports.
What will eventually happen is someone elected to the Hall will then cop to PED use, and the barrier will slowly erode. But the idea that the best hitter and pitcher of the past half century are both eligible but not in the Hall is absurd (Clemens and Bonds). We are reaching a point where the players left out of the Hall are far superior to those getting elected. Also, many people are being kept out on rumor and innuendo.
Make an era adjustment for the offensive context, and then move on.
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