Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Hall of Fame.. Call Me Maybe!!

Bob Dutton of The Kansas City Star, wrote this in reference to these first-time on the ballot superstars of MLB (Bonds, Clemens, and Sosa):
"I plan to vote for all three. I understand the steroid/PED questions surrounding each one, and I've wrestled with the implications and my view is these guys played and posted Hall-of-Fame-type numbers against the competition of their time. That will be my sole yardstick. If Major League Baseball took no action against a player during his career for alleged or suspected steroid/PED use, I'm not going to do so in assessing their career for the Hall of Fame," he said.
I agree totally!! Btw.. other first-timers are Piazza, Shilling, and Biggio. Let's not forget deserved holdovers Mark McGwire, Raphael Palmeiro, Jack Morris, Dale Murphy, and Jeff Bagwell!!