re: If Barry Bonds would have retired in 1998.. HOF?

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It's an irrelevant point. The (misguided) idea behind keeping Bonds and Clemens out of the HOF has nothing to do with the idea that they wouldn't have been good enough without roids, it's to punish them for being cheaters and defiling the integrity of the game. The (hypocritical) logic behind keeping them out is the view that their actions--not their lack of "clean" baseball resumes--make them unworthy of the HOF.

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