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McGwire can forget Cooperstown
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I didn’t vote for Mark McGwire for Cooperstown. I never will.
The same will apply for the overwhelming majority of the other Hall of Fame voters through the years, and here’s why: You can’t ignore the rule on the ballot that says you must consider “integrity” and “character” when judging potential Hall of Fame candidates and give McGwire a bronzed plaque anyway.
Period.
Did McGwire use performance-enhancing drugs to slam all those home runs? Well, you remember what he kept repeating during that congressional hearing on Capitol Hill. “I am not here to talk about the past,” which translates into “I did juice up, but I’m not talking about it.”
If Pete Rose isn’t even on the Hall of Fame ballot for violating baseball’s gambling rules, then why should …
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By AndyW
January 10, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this
TM, will you vote for Bonds? Sosa? If so you are a hypocrite of the highst order. If you impunge McGwire without any concrete proof, you must do the same to the others.
By Aaron Egnor
January 10, 2007 11:10 AM | Link to this
Dear Gods, I just agreed with Terence on something. Honey, mark it on the calendar!!
By SouthGa Rebel
January 10, 2007 11:12 AM | Link to this
I agree on McGwire and ALL of the players involved in the steroid controversy. Thing is Mr. Moore, will you say the same thing about Barry Bonds? His personal trainer has been found guilty on several charges and it is glaringly obvious Bonds juiced. McGwire on the other hand is suspected of using (he admittedly used Andro but that was a legal substance at the time). Bonds is linked to anabolics. I think anyone linked to cheating (which is what it is) shouldn’t be in the HOF especially if Pete Rose can’t get in. My question is, for the race baiting Terrence Moore, will you write the same sort of scathing drivel about Barry Bonds or will you give him a free pass?
By Ramble ON!
January 10, 2007 11:12 AM | Link to this
Hey Terrence, lets not ignore the most important fact…he’s white too! I’m sure you can’t wait to vote Barroid Bonds in though.
Oh yea, I hope McGuire never gets in too.
By Rod
January 10, 2007 11:20 AM | Link to this
Hey guys, why are you asking Terence if he’ll vote for Bonds? Of course he will, Bonds is black.
By midnite
January 10, 2007 11:21 AM | Link to this
Moore, you should not even have a vote for HOF. It is a joke the AJC will not allow a much more informed writer, David O’Brien to vote. It is not difficult to see why the Falcons shut you out of Flowery Branch. I guess your negative blither helps sell “fishwrappers”. No Big Mac = No Barroid.
By Tom
January 10, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this
You know, I really DON’T care if Mark McGwire used performance-enhancing drugs, especially before they were banned. He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. I love sports. I love good performances. I think guys who use steroids are ‘stupid’ for health reason ONLY. In addition, our entire culture is a performance-enhancing culture. We’re giving millions of kids performance-enhancing drugs in the form of Ritalin and Adderol(and teachers and educators promote the use). Matter of fact, I’m 57 years old and I take 20 mg of Adderol everyday because it tremendously enhances my clarity, focus and overall thought processes. Would you say that I shouldn’t be a successful businessman because I take performance-enhancing drugs? That’s total garbage… It is time for sport’s writers and aged sports heroes to quit being such self-righteous, judgmental pricks. Mark McGwire deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Barry Bonds will deserve it when his day comes. Get over it, folks. Athletes have and always will look for the ‘edge’. That’s sports…. — and the comments by Bob Feller — great pitcher and deserves HOF — but, heck he’s been a bitter old man for years and his opinion should count for absolutely NOTHING except 1 measly vote!!!
By AZ
January 10, 2007 11:34 AM | Link to this
Valid Question Moore, you opened yourself up to it now you need to answer it - will you vote for bonds? I don’t think you have the “integrity” or “character” to answer that question honestly. Which is sad. By the way i don’t believe that either Bonds or McGwire should get in, so i don’t have a horse in this “race”
By Jibo
January 10, 2007 11:37 AM | Link to this
Mark Bradley was one of the 128 to vote for Big Mac. What great judgement?
By Ben
January 10, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this
Over about a 15 year period, a phenomenal number of home runs were cranked out. I for one, feel that a lot of players were using something, maybe not the majority, but we don’t know and never will. The “Greenies” of Ball Four are still very prevelant in baseball. Perhaps they are as common as coffee. The uncomfortable truth is that drugs are in a lot of workplaces, maybe even yours. We should use this steroid-McGwire-Bonds-Et al. debate to ask ourselves as a nation about the importance of drugs, both illegal and not, in our society. I personally feel that what they did is wrong but strictly from a legal standpoint. Yes, I know all about role models. I once idolized the Crime Dog, Justice, Gant, Klesko, Lopez, Wohlers, and even Chipper Jones. But my role models were in my family.
By Tom
January 10, 2007 11:46 AM | Link to this
Oh yeah, and if I had been Mark McGwire, I wouldn’t have talked to Congress either. They’re even greater, more arrogant self-righteous pricks then sport’s writers and aged sports heroes. Doesn’t matter if they’re Democrats or Republicans, all they do is spend their time trying to get into everybody’s private business. Somebody ought to ban those guys from doing anything except fighting with each other. Hooray for Mark McGwire standing up to them. We ought to applaud him for that; not condemn him. That was a courageous stand for which he is now paying an unjust penalty. The new battle cry should become, “Free Mark McGwire!!!”
By Sweat
January 10, 2007 11:48 AM | Link to this
McGwire used steroids in a time when major league baseball did absolutely nothing to stop it. So as everyone else has said hope you don’t vote for the rest of the bunch for the same reasons (Sosa, Bonds, etc…) The one reason I would still vote for McGuire over those jerks, is at least McGuire did not LIE about it, under oath, to the world.
You can’t ignore the rule on the ballot that says you must consider “integrity” and “character” when judging potential Hall of Fame candidates and give McGwire a bronzed plaque anyway
If everyone voted on that the hall would be empty. I love baseball, however professional baseball today is for entertainment purposes only, people think way too much about this crap. I say juice em up, hit the ball to the capitol, here’s my nickel lets all watch the dancing monkey. Unless they really want to enforce the rule, get rid of the union, test everyday, and let’s have a sport again.
By YourConscience_OnCrack
January 10, 2007 11:51 AM | Link to this
“integrity” and “character” should be a prerequisite for sports writers having the privilege to vote for HOF candidates!…and as for McWire or Bonds, white or black, when you start dumping trash into the HOF then the HOF has no more meaning than a garbage can!…
By Scott Case
January 10, 2007 12:02 PM | Link to this
Does Tommy John surgery or Lasik eye surgery count as performance enhancing? Just a question. Niether are natural and both benefit a player greatly. Its not the same as acl or shoulder surgery as players say TJ surgey makes thier arm stronger than before
By Scott Case
January 10, 2007 12:05 PM | Link to this
Does Tommy John surgery or Lasik eye surgery count as performance enhancing? Just a question. Niether are natural and both benefit a player greatly. Its not the same as acl or shoulder surgery as players say TJ surgey makes thier arm stronger than before
By SoutGaRebel
January 10, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this
McGwire used Andro which was a legal substance at the time. Bonds is linked to Anabolic Steroids/designer steroids which are a banned substance across sports and the substances Bonds is linked to are not detectable, if I’m not mistaken. Huge difference in the two. One used to be a viable dietary supplement that could be gotten in any GNC and the other requires a prescription or knowing a connection within the black market world. I would have to say Bonds’ situation is a little more serious than McGwire’s but, because I’ll be labeled a racist for making that distinction, I’ll go with the status quo and say both don’t deserve to be in the HOF.
By CeCe
January 10, 2007 12:20 PM | Link to this
Of COURSE, McGwire, Bonds, Sosa and ANYONE with steroid suspicion will not be allowed into Cooperstown.
It’s kind karmic, isn’t it? Finally there is some sort of justice for bad behavior.
Now if only these guys will develop some excruciating health issues as a direct result of their steroid use. Karma can be a pain sometimes!
By John Austin
January 10, 2007 12:23 PM | Link to this
Do away with the Hall Of Fame. Drugs is here to stay in sports. The question is? Who isn’t using drugs to get that edge. Ask Armstrong.
By Lee Henry
January 10, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this
Hi. I am from New York but have rooted for the Braves since I was kid and only come to this site to read baseball news. What shocks me is the absolute level of racist vitriol that permeates all of the sports chats on the website. Whether discussing Michael Vick and the Falcons or Mark McGwire versus Barry Bonds. Everything here seems to come down to a racial issue. Sad I’d say.
On the Bonds versus McGwire issue. I’d personally would not vote for either of them. However, Barry will get into the Hall of Fame and McGwire wont for the simple reason that many writers will vote for Barry because he put up HoF numbers long before his biceps and head exploded into gargantuan proportions. The only thing magnificent about McGwire’s career are the homeruns (500 club) and the single season record which stood for three years. He was a reasonable first baseman but nothing spectacular. That is, no one would say McGwire was the premier first baseman of his time. Barry will get far more votes because in the late 80’s going into the mid 90’2 many people felt that he was the best left-fielder in the game. A power hitter with speed who could field his position with the best of them.
I wouldn’t vote for either of them myself because regardless of Barry’s pre-steriod numbers he sullied the game and I’d not put him in the Hall. for the record imho Pete Rose should never be there either. However, McGwire without the steriod scandal is a Hall marginal candidate compared to Bonds or Rose. Just thought some non-racial analysis might be useful.
By Mike
January 10, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this
Seems everyone agrees on one thing…. Terence Moore is a racist.
By Mike
January 10, 2007 12:37 PM | Link to this
To Lee Henry from NY.You don’t read Mr. Moores columns very much do you?
By Craig
January 10, 2007 12:47 PM | Link to this
As long as the “charactor” factor is involved I have no problem with a no vote. Of course, that eliminates Sosa, Palmerio and most surely BONDS. As long as the bar doesn’t change for Bonds….good vote.
By Dean_H
January 10, 2007 01:11 PM | Link to this
I have never been to the HOF. I will not even visit it since Pete Rose is not in there. You votes need to get off your high horse and reconsider your votes. I never read Terrance columns anyway. They should let former baseball players do all the voting. Terrance… your a idiot.
By Ramble ON!
January 10, 2007 01:27 PM | Link to this
Lee Henry doesn’t know what the race card is, and far that get’s you down here, as he cast his righteous indignation down from his high, and clueless horse from NY. By the way Lee, Terence has 52 of them in his deck.
By SaintsFan
January 10, 2007 01:35 PM | Link to this
FYI guys, every time you hit the post button below the comment box TM and Cox media hears CHA-CHING!!!!
By MELO
January 10, 2007 01:41 PM | Link to this
Good job Terrance. I am black too and both Big Steroids Mack and Bonds must never be near the HOF.
End of story!
By SouthGaRebel
January 10, 2007 01:43 PM | Link to this
The overriding fact here, Mr. high and mighty New Yorker, is Terrence Moore is nothing but a race baiter and the people who read his columns (if they can even get past the first paragraph) know he is just that. I almost gurantee you he would have a 180 degree take on Barry Bonds. If you read closer everyone is simply calling Terrence Moore out. I personally think McGwire’s link to the steroid issue is not nearly as serious as Bonds’ link (see BALCO case in Cali. and who refuses to discuss Bonds’ past transgressions. On the other hand, McGwire used Andro which, as stated earlier, was a legal supplement and could be purchased at your local GNC. Bonds’ trainer got him STEROIDS THE ANABOLIC KIND. So, race has little to do with it other than the racist here is Terrence Moore and every regular reader of the AJC knows it.
By jacson
January 10, 2007 01:53 PM | Link to this
TM “could” have gone ahead and said some disparaging words about Barry and Sammmy and that finger wagging 1st baseman that got caught also drugging….but, he did not; surprize, surprize. I had to weigh in on this as it is obvious you have “slanted” views towards, Well……YOU know the rest!
By Peerless' Mama.
January 10, 2007 02:01 PM | Link to this
ya’ll need to get off Mr. Moore.
Should you be bashing Vick or something?
All these blogs turn into that.
By Cancer
January 10, 2007 02:12 PM | Link to this
Racism is a cancer—and so far, there’s no cure for Terence Moore!!!…
By BigBlack
January 10, 2007 02:14 PM | Link to this
If “Big Mac” were only “Big Black” he would be inducted on first ballot!
By Historian
January 10, 2007 02:19 PM | Link to this
Shoeless Joe Jackson was and is denied the Hall of Fame for, not throwing a game, but for taking gambling money during the World Series. Pete Rose also has his ties to gambling, and will not ever be a member of the Hall of Fame. McGwire over performed by supposedly taking steroids, with a pattern like Bonds and a few others. They made examples out of the whole Black Sox team, and they to should include any of the players associated with getting steroids, or associating with steroid providers. This situation is not a democracy, but instead is a situation of bad judgement, and as always in society (baseball being a reflection of society), you pay for your associations. Personally, as long as OJ Simpson is in the Football Hall of Fame, all of these Halls are bogus.
By HellPutEmAllIn
January 10, 2007 02:25 PM | Link to this
Hell put ‘em all in HOF!…this damned country has gone to pot in every other area anyhow, so what’s it matter?
By Robert
January 10, 2007 02:29 PM | Link to this
I wouldn’t vote for him or Sammy or Barry. But Terence Moore is a racist that’s his only reason for not voting for McGuire!!
By Ronnie
January 10, 2007 02:31 PM | Link to this
Big Mac will have the last laugh when his genetically enhanced offspring rise up against the government to rule us all. I, for one, will welcome our new bright red overlords!
By Chris Brown
January 10, 2007 02:45 PM | Link to this
Obviously you people don’t read Terence Moore’s articles!!1 He has stated over and OVER he WOULD NOT vote BONDS in! Sad that when you agree with him the caption reads something like “I never agree with you, but….” or you try and find something racist out of anything written. I enjoy reading Terence’s columns even if I don’t agree with his opinion. He is the only writer on the staff of the AJC that isn’t on Arthur Blanks payroll and he actually shows his face in the locker room after he writes an article good, bad or indifferent. It is hilarious and yet sad to see these racist blogs (but those who throw stones are usually the ones with the problem-how you pull race out this article is ridiculous)…just don’t read the mans articles. But then again he is the only writer that actually tells it like it is! Keep up the GREAT work Terence!
By HELLO
January 10, 2007 02:52 PM | Link to this
IDIOTS..darn near all the writers didn’t vote for McGuire!! So what are they!?!?!?!
By MJ
January 10, 2007 02:54 PM | Link to this
Big Mac should be in the HOF. Steriods didn’t hit all those homers. Big Mac did.
By MJ
January 10, 2007 03:01 PM | Link to this
Also, I haven’t read TM’s columns in the past what has he written that is so racist?
By MJ
January 10, 2007 03:02 PM | Link to this
Also, I haven’t read TM’s columns in the past what has he written that is so racist?
By Home Depot
January 10, 2007 03:15 PM | Link to this
Arthur Blanks henchmen are writing these blogs! Terence Moore is by far not a racist! Freedom of speech and expression…Give them He** Terence!
By David
January 10, 2007 03:28 PM | Link to this
bustedplay.com has some good atlanta articles, and it’s a blog site. Check it out.
www.bustedplay.com
By GT
January 10, 2007 03:44 PM | Link to this
This begs the question, what in hell is Moore doing on a committee to elect a hall of framer for anything more less baseball. The man is to bigotry what Billy Graham is to religion. Integrity in a large word to be throwing around, but maybe after you use it once or twice you might understand the meaning of it, but then again that wouldn’t suit your purpose.
By thisisbiggerthanitshouldbe
January 10, 2007 03:46 PM | Link to this
All of the comments involving Barry Bonds in this blog are off topic!! When Barry retires and is on the HOF ballot for the first time, come back and repost your idiotic comments. I look forward to reading them all again in 2012!!
In reference to Terence’s point about “character” and “integrity”, I expect the players to display these traits when the game itself does. Amphetamines were commonplace in clubhouse until the drug policy was put in place. Players are still given cortisone (a steroid) shots in order for them to get out on the field and play…the shots are usually administered by the team physician!!
I don’t care if Bonds, Sosa, McGwire get in the HOF; however, citing the steroid era as a reason for not voting any of them in is WEAK!!
By jbzm
January 10, 2007 03:46 PM | Link to this
Lee Henry and TM are not racists. They are bigots. We all know TM will never hold Barry Bonds to the same standards as he has Mark McGuire.
By cetbat
January 10, 2007 03:57 PM | Link to this
Oh good grief, get OFF the racist thing puh-lease! No athlete taking steroids belongs in the Hall of Fame nor should their “records” override those of their more talented predecessors. And if you dislike the writer so much, WHY do you read his column?
By Holding you to your "word"
January 10, 2007 04:05 PM | Link to this
Okay Mr. Integrity, when it comes time to induct Bonds and Sosa and every other suspected cheater…we’ll see how your “integrity” and “character” stand up. I have a feeling your true colors will shine through.
By Ramble ON!
January 10, 2007 04:05 PM | Link to this
How come Cynthia Tucker hasn’t canned TM, since more that 80% of us folks can’t stand him?…hmmm
By Mike Schindler
January 10, 2007 04:17 PM | Link to this
Terence Moore is an absolute jackass! How can you fault any player for pushing the boundaries of competition? Are there any pitchers in the Hall that doctored the ball in order to get an unfair advantage? Of course. Some of those guys would have never had any success without bending the rules or lack thereof. Bottom line. McGwire didn’t break any rules. Baseball did not have a policy in place and didn’t want one. Home runs are exciting and put butts in the seats. Now Big Mac is permanently shunned in Terence Moore’s book? Good job genius! Let’s not make this a race issue like everything else. If Mac is out, so are the rest of the juicers. Period.
By PistolPete
January 10, 2007 04:42 PM | Link to this
TM has stirred up controversy once again. I think that TM only writes sports articles to get everyones blood boiling to the point of high blood pressure. How on earth can Mark Mcquire be denied a spot in Cooperstown when he hit 583 home runs and more home runs than Reggie Jackson. Reggie is in the HOF fame so why would Big Mac not get in. Mainly becasue Big Mac lied in front of Congress and because Jose Canseco brought out his book “Juiced” naming several players who used steriods, but as it was so articulately pointed out previously that Mark McGuire never broke any baseball rules. In addition, Big Mac was instrumental in helping to get back baseball fans in ‘98 when baseball lost so many fans in ‘94 due to the baseball strike. I honestly believe that Big Mac and Sammy Sosa have been instrumental in keeping baseball from literally going out of business. Sammy has over 600 home runs and Mac has close to 600 so I think both of those guys along with Barry Bonds should make the HOF for what they accomplished on the field. If there needs to be an asterisk by their names than so be it. But dont undermine or diminish what those three guys have accomplished because I think they have done as much as ANYONE who is currently in Cooperstown. So if Big Mac, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds are denied entrance into the HOF, then the HOF should go out of business and EVERYONE who is currently enshrined in Cooperstown should be removed from it permamently if those three guys do not take their rightful place beside the immortals of the game.
By Mark
January 10, 2007 05:10 PM | Link to this
I’m curious-if integrity and character are important, did you vote for Dale Murphy? Murph’s numbers (especially batting average) don’t look so good, but he was, with Andre Dawson, the best NL player of the 80’s. Shouldn’t character and integrity get him over the top?
By George
January 10, 2007 05:11 PM | Link to this
What the heck is all this race talk? This is about baseball, period! Of course TM will apply the same standard to Bonds and Sosa. Big Mac was a disgrace. If I’m thinking race then he would have been a disgrace even if he was green!
By PistolPete
January 10, 2007 05:23 PM | Link to this
It is true Big Mac was an absolute disgrace as a baseball ambassador and representative but his hamburgers at McDonalds were asbolutely delicious!
By Ace
January 10, 2007 06:40 PM | Link to this
You guys are idiots! Why does every article T.M. writes have to turn into a racial issue!!?? I think you guys are the true racists! Show the columist some respect! GIVE THIS WHOLE THING A REST! Moore power to you Terrence!! (pun intended)
By MOOREon
January 10, 2007 07:46 PM | Link to this
i read 3 lines of this article and realized why i cant stand TM. TM writes the most thoughtless, unjustified opinions that this paper comes up with. i cant believe the ajc pays him. im serious, this guy is a moron.
By TLJ
January 10, 2007 09:10 PM | Link to this
I do not think McGwire belong in the HOF not because of the steroid issue but because his over all numbers were not that great. He hit a lot of homers but contributed nothing else.
However, if you use the steroids as an issue and state he doesn’t belong then that should apply to everyone who was involved with using them.
By Tom
January 10, 2007 09:14 PM | Link to this
I am sick of this pious talk about the character and integrity of athletes in the BHOF. Please…somebody go back and do a simple study of baseball history. Baseball players in general have NEVER been stellar in character, but then neither have most members of the priesthood or clergy. Ty Cobb was a cheat…I mean, his competitors said he sharpened his spikes so he could seriously injure opposing players with deep cuts when he slid into a base. Babe smoked, drank and cussed like a sailor — no telling what else. The Mick (my first hero) only made a change of heart late in life — just check out the HBO bio- movie on his life…and that’s just 3 guys.
Frankly, all this pious, self-righteous, pontificating on how righteous and good a HOF candidate should be is total garbage — sorry, but the right word would be cut.
All you who oppose MM or BB or PR or Shoeless JJ on any kind of moral ground remind me of everything I hate about the southern baptist church or any other hyper-religious group.
By Navigator
January 10, 2007 10:12 PM | Link to this
Hey everyone, I would like to correct the use of Shoeless Joe’s situation. He lead the world series in hitting, stole several bases, and made no errors. Kennesaw Mountain Landis agreed that Shoeless Joe wasn’t part of the throwing of the world series (Chicago Black Sox). Why he was banned from baseball and HOF was because he took the money from the gamblers. It was the look of imprepriaty, that K-Mountain Landis said Shoeless Joe brought to the game. Is that not the same thing that what the juicers have done as well. Because what they have done (or believed to have done), has thrown a black shadow over baseball and all the players still playing. If K-Mountain Landis was commissioner today, Sosa, McGuire, Bonds, and several others would be gone. That is until a liberal US judge overturned the decision, and edicted that all be made members of the HOF (sorry guys, I just couldn’t resist).
By Ken Stallings
January 11, 2007 12:28 AM | Link to this
Did you vote for Dale Murphy?
If you did, then please write a column to that end. Because while I completely agree with your points about McGuire, and hope you follow that logic to Barry Bonds, I hope the counter is also true.
I hope that you acknowledge that depressed offensive numbers during the 1980’s means that Dale Murphy should be recognized as the dominant power hitter of his decade. And being the dominant power of an entire decade should be sufficient to earn a plaque in Cooperstown.
And that’s especially true when those power numbers are reinforced by about a half dozen gold gloves and rare membership in the 30-30 club.
Murphy had speed, power, and defense to spare, and integrity that went off the scale.
By thathouguy
January 11, 2007 08:52 AM | Link to this
I don’t Like Barry Bonds and it will be a sad sad day for me when he breaks Aaron’s record.
That said, as to whether he goes in to the HOF, I think if you look at his stats before the steroid period, he has more of a case than McGuire. With the exception of his playoff performance-mostly against the Braves staff in their prime- he was arguably the best player in baseball with the possible exception of Griffey Jr.
By Josh
January 11, 2007 10:03 AM | Link to this
I have been reading many articles that discuss how the controversey swirling around McGwire’s Hall of Fame eligibility has undeservedly taken away from the inductions of Gwynn and Ripken. My question is, how do you know that Ripken and Gwynn are innocent?
If Alex Sanchez can be guilty of steroid use, then why not Ripken? They have similar body types. It isn’t just the 250 pound sluggers that seem to be using these days. The consecutive game streak couldn’t have been broken without durability…where did the durability come from?
I am not here to accuse Ripken of steriod use. However, McGwire never failed a steroid test, and yet he is presumed guilty while Ripken is presumed innocent. To me it seems absurd. Alex Sanchez proved that steroid use cannot be determined by one’s body type. And yet that is exactly what we are doing. It is just as possible that the skinny guys used steroids as the bulky guys.
I do not see McGwire getting denied induction the major problem. The problem is that all of the players I grew up watching in the 90s are going to be denied. The voters are telling me that all of the money I spent on tickets to watch Piazza, Clemens, and Bagwell was pointless. That their numbers don’t count. If these guys never failed a drug test, why shouldn’t they be in the Hall of Fame? For example, how can we deny Piazza in one year and then vote Clemens in the next? People assume that Sheffield did steroids, but not Maddux. Accusing these guys without proof is like McCarthyism all over again. We have absolutely no idea who did what.
The fans growing up in the 1990s deserve more respect then the Hall of Fame voters are giving them. The players we grew up with count too, and the voters shouldn’t have the right to deny us that respect.
By Brian
January 11, 2007 12:09 PM | Link to this
The real question is are you going to vote for possibly the greatest pitcher of all-time - Roger Clemens? And what about everyone else who played the majority of their career during the Steroid Era? Are the writers going to decide who was guilty of using performance-enhancers and who had a “legitimate” career when casting HOF votes?
By lawrence
January 11, 2007 02:50 PM | Link to this
I agree that McGwire nor Bonds belongs in the HOF. But you whities throwing around the term “racist” for TM need to understand the true definition. Racism is used in attempts to justify social discrimination, racial segregation and violence, including genocide. There is nothing worse than going on record sounding ignorant.
By PlusSizeModel
January 11, 2007 07:13 PM | Link to this
Worst. Columnist. Ever.
The fact that you have a HOF vote is a joke.
By Jim
January 11, 2007 07:22 PM | Link to this
I hope you are right for once. As for your last column. Hmmm Your opinion or Gil Brandt. I’ll go with Gil Brandt.
By Lewis
January 11, 2007 07:50 PM | Link to this
Qestion? Do you EVER write a positive Word? I have a better idea for your career. Join the View, you remind me of its “star” Rosie”BIGMOUTH ” O’Donnel
By PhillyBoy
January 12, 2007 12:26 AM | Link to this
Big Mac does not derserve to be in the HOF. Without the Roids Mac probably hits 400 homers with a lifetime 250 batting average….not Hall of Fame worthy