re: Barry Larkin says no one associated with PEDs will be elected to HOF

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phony moral outrage

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You could be more accurate and call it rule-following instead of using that buzz phrase used to portray those who would rather players not cheat as phony and morally outraged. The issue isn't whether or not baseball players who cheat are bad people; the issue is whether or not baseball players who cheat cheat. It's cheating. Move it aside and let's watch real players who don't cheat.

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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).

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Just like the idea of me standing on stilts and not being acknowledged as the tallest man on earth is absurd. (borrowed from Costas)

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We are reaching a point where the players left out of the Hall are far superior to those getting elected.

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Not the issue. If those who decide who gets in the Hall want to not vote for people because they cheated, then that's that. If those who decide who gets in the Hall want to not vote for people because they think they cheated, then that's that.

Even the players who didn't cheat benefitted from the deals crafted by a players union who protected cheaters. This is their own doing, and the consequences will be that many of them won't go to the Hall of Fame. It makes perfect sense whether you want to pretend that it's phony moral outrage or not.