re: Should the juicers get into the Baseball HoF?

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I'm sorry but I can't for the life of me support the induction of a player who used an illegal performance enhancer over someone like Pete Rose who merely gambled against his own team when he was a manager. Unethical? Yes. Worthy of a permanent ban from baseball? Heck no.

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Because, in Rose's case, the rule was incredibly clear and the consequences were clearly stated. It's posted in every clubhouse that gambling is expressly prohibited. Rose knew that gambling was against the rule, and the consequences for getting caught was a lifetime ban. He did it anyway, got caught, and is now suffering the consequences. Which were fully disclosed to him.

That's the difference.

Steroids were not only not against league rules, they were tacitly encouraged by the teams. Even now, after the crackdown, getting caught means a 50 game suspension, not a lifetime ban. Yet players are kept out of the Hall for violating no rule, with the encouragement of their employers not that there was any testing anyway, without any disclosure of the penalties.

I find it amazing people cant see the massive difference between Bonds and Rose.