December 12, 200817 yr Another thing to think about... If steroids were illegal in baseball....why weren't they testing for them all along?
December 12, 200817 yr But what happens when you leave a guy like Bonds out and let someone like Maddux in...only to find out Maddux used? Too late at that point... Just using these guys as examples... Fair question, but I think if there was even the tiniest hint of a suggestion that someone like Maddux used, you would have heard it long before now. It's just not all that easy to use steroids under the cover of darkness without anyone knowing. Unless you're a doctor/pharmacist that has access to them yourself, someone else knows you're using. And eventually, these "someones" open their mouths - either for notoriety, or money, or because they themselves are jammed up.
December 12, 200817 yr Another thing to think about... If steroids were illegal in baseball....why weren't they testing for them all along? MLB certainly drug their feet and were late to join the professional sports crowd in policing their players. Keep in mind also that steroid testing been an ever-evolving process and has come a long way from where it was just a few years ago. There were certain types of steroids that were easy to mask and very hard to test for. But MLB could have done a much better job and it's rather clear they intentionally turned a blind eye to the problem for many years.
December 12, 200817 yr Another thing to think about... If steroids were illegal in baseball....why weren't they testing for them all along? The baseball writers do not work for MLB so MLB's culpability in this is a MLB issue - not an HOF issue. No question MLB turned its head or was slow to notice and took full advantage of the Big Mac/Sammy show. Their hands are certainly dirty. Again, though, that has no impact on the voting.
December 12, 200817 yr The baseball writers do not work for MLB so MLB's culpability in this is a MLB issue - not an HOF issue. No question MLB turned its head or was slow to notice and took full advantage of the Big Mac/Sammy show. Their hands are certainly dirty. Again, though, that has no impact on the voting. However, these same writers were in the locker room everyday and saw and heard a lot of things (McGwire and Andro, for example). Hell, most people have assumed Bonds was on something since he got to SF. They had no problem writing their front page articles on these guys, they shouldn't have a problem voting them in either.
December 12, 200817 yr However, these same writers were in the locker room everyday and saw and heard a lot of things (McGwire and Andro, for example). Hell, most people have assumed Bonds was on something since he got to SF. They had no problem writing their front page articles on these guys, they shouldn't have a problem voting them in either. I disagree. Its their job to write stories about the games. It would be difficult to not write stories on Big Mac and Sammy in their big year regardless of what they knew.
December 13, 200817 yr I disagree. Its their job to write stories about the games. It would be difficult to not write stories on Big Mac and Sammy in their big year regardless of what they knew. :thumb: very true
December 13, 200817 yr The baseball writers do not work for MLB so MLB's culpability in this is a MLB issue - not an HOF issue. No question MLB turned its head or was slow to notice and took full advantage of the Big Mac/Sammy show. Their hands are certainly dirty. Again, though, that has no impact on the voting. :thumb:
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