theclemsonkid
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So you don't want to let Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens or Mark McGuire in the Hall of Fame because they used steroids; but you're A-OK with Ty Cobb, having had a reputation as a virulent racist who was hated by teammates and opponents, and he once went into the stands to attack a disabled fan.
And then there is Babe Ruth, who was a notorious womanizer who occasionally indulged himself so thoroughly that he was unable to play; the same was true for Mickey Mantle.
Generations of players have used amphetamines, which would earn you a suspension today, and among those players are many current Hall of Famers. Hell, Gaylord Perry has long admitted that he cheated; he wrote the book on cheating, which you can order online. Joe DiMaggio was thought to be an indifferent teammate; Cal Ripken stayed in a separate hotel from the rest of the Orioles in the last years of his career; Ted Williams spat in the direction of fans. Yet they all had enough "sportsmanship and character" to be inducted.
The steroid era was just that, an era. It wasn't a few players here, and a few players there... it was WIDESPREAD. And the best part of all, is that up until the last decade, it wasn't even ILLEGAL.
I'm so sick of these holier than thou baseball writers acting like tough guys and saying "we're gonna show them!" Please. Most of your lazy a**es never played an inning of major league baseball in your life. You have no idea what the pressure of performance is like.
And then there is Babe Ruth, who was a notorious womanizer who occasionally indulged himself so thoroughly that he was unable to play; the same was true for Mickey Mantle.
Generations of players have used amphetamines, which would earn you a suspension today, and among those players are many current Hall of Famers. Hell, Gaylord Perry has long admitted that he cheated; he wrote the book on cheating, which you can order online. Joe DiMaggio was thought to be an indifferent teammate; Cal Ripken stayed in a separate hotel from the rest of the Orioles in the last years of his career; Ted Williams spat in the direction of fans. Yet they all had enough "sportsmanship and character" to be inducted.
The steroid era was just that, an era. It wasn't a few players here, and a few players there... it was WIDESPREAD. And the best part of all, is that up until the last decade, it wasn't even ILLEGAL.
I'm so sick of these holier than thou baseball writers acting like tough guys and saying "we're gonna show them!" Please. Most of your lazy a**es never played an inning of major league baseball in your life. You have no idea what the pressure of performance is like.
