Let me know why or why not?
2006-07-30 16:42:46 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
No, he was based caught with performance-enhancing drugs during that year he set the record. So how many other years did he do it that we just didn't know? Also his testimoney before Congress forever taints him as far as I'm concerned.
2006-07-30 17:03:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Should Mark McGwire be a first ballot hall of famer, no. Let the dust settle on this steroid scandal and re-address the issue. However I don't see him getting in at this point.
2006-07-31 05:42:26 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, however the baseball establishment, the fans and the players association turned a deaf ear and a blind eye to the problems.
There have been more 50 home run hitters in the last 15 yrs than in all of baseball previously.
While all this was happening everyone was offering all kinds of reasons/excuses like:
1). Smaller stadiums (built just for baseball)
2). Less talented pitchers
3). Better and stronger hitters
What crock of B. S.
2006-07-31 03:34:31 · answer #3 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes..
He has never shied away from using performance enhancers.. but keep in mind, what he used (andro specifically) and when he used it it was not a banned substance at the time.. And there was no testing done.. so to make a blanket statement he was using illegal substances goes against the innocent until PROVEN guilty..
so yes, I would vote for him, just not on the first ballot
2006-07-30 16:49:40 · answer #4 · answered by thorfin39 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No > No way I can vote for a cheater for the Hall of Fame
2006-07-30 16:46:08 · answer #5 · answered by herbs411_42719 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he's got the numbers and think what they would have been had he not been injured. Also, there is no proof he used steroids although he did use some sort of over-the-counter crap that was perfectly legal. He shouldn't go in on the first ballot though.
2006-07-30 16:59:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"i plea the 5th"
"i'm only here to talk about the future, not the past"
he doesnt have my vote! on the other hand if he admitted doing it and said it was a mistake, he would (becuase taking controlled substances was not against any rule in baseball during '98)
he still is a cheater, and he has no guts to admit it
2006-07-30 17:31:30 · answer #7 · answered by Vince 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pete rose yes , mc gwire no...because in rose's case gambling did not effect his performance as an all star at 5 possitions.. w/o steroids "mac" would have been another dave kingman![ not bad but no hof]... and my guess is he wont get in .. not for a long time and the more time that passes the less chance he has .. too bad , nice guy...
2006-07-30 16:51:14 · answer #8 · answered by ong jon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Barry neither, and I'm a Giants fan.
2006-07-30 16:45:58 · answer #9 · answered by tygrwoodz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...steroids
2006-07-30 17:05:59 · answer #10 · answered by me myself and i 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋