01-27-2021, 02:42 AM
$tevie wrote:
It's a tough call. I think gambling on games is a super serious offense because of the potentially super serious issues that could arise. I think losing any chance to play/coach/get in the HoF is perfectly fair, so as to frighten people off from doing it.
I feel as if it's unfair to pick on steroid use because 1. it's a matter of who got caught and 2. anyone who believes that MBL didn't know it was going on is too naive to live. So although I'm not against public shaming of same, nasty articles and such, I think that a player should be able to get in if his play was of HoF caliber.
We can't make it a character contest because the Hall of Fame will end up with a bunch of lousy players who were wonderful human beings, and that's just silly.
None of them before 2003 were in trouble for steroids. It wasn't against MLB rules. They were in trouble for not saying so in court. Bonds and Clemens broke nary a rule. [I'm sure about Bonds and pretty sure about Clemens]. Dick Allen and my man Steve Garvey should be in there. Dick Allen just died.