Originally posted by Niners99:
Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
Hall of Fame should just open up a Hall of Shame wing for disgraced all-time greats. Problem solved.
Thats still based on interpretation. Bonds never failed a test. He even had all charges dropped by the court. Tell people the history of the game and let them form their own opinions.
The HOF voters are all full of crap. They still vote PED users in. Its all about personal beef. They just use their vote as a weapon to get back at athletes they hated, and use PED's as the excuse to justify keeping them out.
You need to let that tired excuse for Bonds go. Steroids were illegal. Murder was also illegal and not listed in the rules. Everyone knows you can't commit murder and can't take steroids. If it was legal, they wouldn't have tried to hide it and mask piss tests. Among other things not listed in the rules at that time or now. He got massive. He was a HOFer before, but he never breaks the homerun record without them.
Now I agree he should be in but don't make excuses for him. I only say he should go in because the commissioner who oversaw this era got in. And a manager who let it happen got in.
We have had this tired argument many times.
As far as Rose goes, he should be in but the ban shouldn't have been lifted. The betting didn't skew his numbers.