Topic 'Re: [MLB] Baseball writers balk at Hall of Fame class of '13' in forum 'Sports Chat' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MLB-Baseball-writers-balk-at-Hall-of-Fame-class-of-13-27896163 en Wed, 22 May 2013 03:48:04 EDT Wed, 22 May 2013 03:48:04 EDT Re: [MLB] Baseball writers balk at Hall of Fame class of '13 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MLB-Baseball-writers-balk-at-Hall-of-Fame-class-of-13-27901999 said by Deft:

i am pissed, for biggio to get snubbed, clemens should have been denied and biggio would have been in! god damn it.. 1 of my killer bee's woulda been in cooperstown and my rookie cards would or maybe have some value!!

next year Bags and Biggio one of you WILL be in the HOF.

I think it's a shame that Biggio didn't get in. The guy has good enough numbers (especially considering that there's no question about him being clean), was the leader of the team, and was a class act off the field. The fact that he finished first in voting is a nice touch but he should've been in.
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next year Bags and Biggio one of you WILL be in the HOF.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MLB-Baseball-writers-balk-at-Hall-of-Fame-class-of-13-27901153 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:17:39 EDT Re: [MLB] Baseball writers balk at Hall of Fame class of '13 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MLB-Baseball-writers-balk-at-Hall-of-Fame-class-of-13-27901032
Look at some of the people already in there... Stupid.
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Keel said there was only a 1 in 173 trillion chance that cotton balls apparently stained with Clemens' blood could possibly belong to another randomly selected Caucasian American.

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"Clemens was found not guilty on all six counts of lying to Congress in 2008, when he testified that he never took performance-enhancing drugs."

Correct he was found not guilty of the charge of lying. He wasn't found not guilty of taking steroids or PEDs.

The guy definitely took them. *Shrug*]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MLB-Baseball-writers-balk-at-Hall-of-Fame-class-of-13-27900147 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:51:27 EDT Re: [MLB] Baseball writers balk at Hall of Fame class of '13 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MLB-Baseball-writers-balk-at-Hall-of-Fame-class-of-13-27900025 --
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On the heels of Wednesday's Hall of Fame vote that saw players like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens get denied entry, Major League Baseball has announced it will begin unannounced, random testing for human growth hormone during the 2013 regular season.
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I don't believe for one minute those being tested won't know ahead of time.. :huh:

I really wish this was only about their "numbers" and not how they got them...
This tarnishes the "hall" in my book...
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MLB-Baseball-writers-balk-at-Hall-of-Fame-class-of-13-27899651 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:14:54 EDT Re: [MLB] Baseball writers balk at Hall of Fame class of '13 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MLB-Baseball-writers-balk-at-Hall-of-Fame-class-of-13-27899594 said by Jackarino:

Until I see actual proof that he took anything, not allegations, he should go in no question.

So the needle with his blood/DNA on it was not proof enough for you....
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Next year, Biggio will be in.
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Anyway, the vast majority of those guys listed were just not good enough for the Hall of Fame. Murphy was never going to get in. Raines was a fine player but was he is considered among the best-of-the-best? No, and that applies to almost everybody listed. I would put Strawberry and Gooden there as well as they do not even need to be blacklisted.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MLB-Baseball-writers-balk-at-Hall-of-Fame-class-of-13-27897638 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:21:17 EDT Re: [MLB] Baseball writers balk at Hall of Fame class of '13 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MLB-Baseball-writers-balk-at-Hall-of-Fame-class-of-13-27897447
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It's kind of ridiculously huge.

First off, Jack Morris and Dale Murphy are coming into their final years of eligibility. Murphy should be in; Morris, maybe simply because he's the winningest pitcher of the 80's . And Tim Raines, snubbed again. Shameful really.

As for the roid guys...well, some are really guilty by association. Some have never had charges against them proven. Yeah, Roger Clemens comes across as a condescending control freak, but nothing was ever found. Do we go by whomever Jose Canseco names in his book? Is that the definitive list of roid cheaters? Do we suspect Nolan Ryan used roids? No way a guy can throw that hard when he's that old.

What about the amphetamine players in the hall now? Mays, Mantle, Stargell (who may have also used coke), and a whole host of others for an entire generation. Weren't they cheating too by using baby-roids? Where do you draw the line? And who knows if there is a guy in the hall already who used roids?

Will future miscreants like Darryl Strawberry and Doc Gooden be similarly blacklisted because of their drug problems and run ins with the cops?

Here's my take on the roid guys; in many ways, guys like Bonds, McGwire and Sosa saved the game after the '94 strike. They generated interest at the ball park for the first time in a decade. That Home Run race between McGwire and Sosa WAS epic stuff. They did the game good in many, many ways and were also ridiculously good at what they did.
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I was just thinking of Pete Rose. And my understanding, he better FOR HIS team. He bet for them when he thought they had the best chance to win.

Rose needs to go in before the other guys.

Also had that conversation with him..
He said he ONLY bet with his team, never against...
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However, in aggravation, if Pete Rose can be denied for gambling despite undeniably incredible numbers performed without steroids...I mean come on. The juicers stay out.

I had that very conversation with him, and I agreed with him, if the "roid" guys can be considered, why can't he...
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Rose needs to go in before the other guys.
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In my opinion, none of the juicers should ever be elected to the hall.

I agree with you. And I agree just judging the steroid users on the merits for or against them individually.

However, in aggravation, if Pete Rose can be denied for gambling despite undeniably incredible numbers performed without steroids...I mean come on. The juicers stay out. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MLB-Baseball-writers-balk-at-Hall-of-Fame-class-of-13-27896994 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:48:34 EDT Re: [MLB] Baseball writers balk at Hall of Fame class of '13 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MLB-Baseball-writers-balk-at-Hall-of-Fame-class-of-13-27896457 --
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I still believe Bonds and Clemens were HOF worthy before they did steroids.

Also I wonder if these guys take their jobs seriously. Who the hell voted for Aaron Sele.
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The 2013 ballot marked the first year of eligibility for several players who have been named in the probes of performance-enhancing drug use in the Major Leagues, including all-time home-run champ Barry Bonds and seven-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens. It's only the eighth time that no player received the 75% support needed to enter the Hall of Fame, and several of the voters said the results reflected the Baseball Writers Association of America's ambivalence about the sport's "steroid era."


In my opinion, none of the juicers should ever be elected to the hall.
But I have no vote on the matter. :huh:
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