Mcgwire to the hall of fame???

Question

I think he should go to the hall of fame, if he did use steriods, it was in the past and it's not like the steroids created his whole career, he's a pro baseball player because he can actually play!

Answer 1

McGwire is a cheat..plain and simple. You can't make up excuses for a cheater. If he cheated once it still makes him a cheater. I can't understand why people like you don't see the dishonesty in what he did. Frankly if it wasn't for the steroids helping him to hit so many home runs, the rest of his stats are not that impressive. Chances are he may not have been good enough to be a HOF'er in the first place. He should never go in.

Answer 2

I'd rather not see cheaters go to the Hall of Fame. That said, I'm sure we've already elected somebody who's taken steroids, and if we haven't, we're going to eventually. We caught some, we didnt' catch others, and some (like McGwire) are guilty without hard evidence. So that means McGwire gets in, and sadly, so does Bonds.

BUT, that also means that if we're readily allowing players from the steroid era to enter the Hall, then it's time to open the doors to Pete Rose as well.

Answer 3

Yes. He belongs in the Hall of Fame. No. He does not deserver to go in on the first ballot. He's a former steroid user...period. Did you see his performance in front of Congress? He said nothing. Made no effort to deny his own steroid use. Guilty. And OJ murdered Nicole, Michael Jackson has molested little boys, and the Baseball Hall of Fame is a travesty without admitting the man with the most hits in the history of the game. Sure Pete Rose is a lying dirtbag, but he's been kept out long enough and deserves to be in the Hall of Fame for what he did on the field. Juan Marichal attacked a guy with a baseball bat, Ty Cobb was a biggot. And they're both in the Hall of Fame. Baseball can take this snooty, holier-than-thou attitude and stuff it. Whether they'll admit it or not, the owner have themselves to blame for the black-eye steroid use has cast on the game thanks to their willingness to turn a blind eye to the obvious because they valued the almighty dollar over the sacred "integrity of the game" Very few of the guys in the hall of fame were "angels" off the field. http://www.sportstop102day.com

Answer 4

I suppose he should because how much of a power hitter he was. Despite rumors about the substance he uses, he made a good effort with hitting many balls out of the park, which he's been setting records and which he also revived the popularity of Major League Baseball. Whenever he visits other ballparks, it fills up to capacity, which set an all time record in attendance of the 1998 season. So, no doubt, he would be inducted into the hall of fame for making a difference in Major League Baseball.

Answer 5

McGwire will probably not be elected on the first ballot -- the first year he's eligble, which is next year. Not only is he on the ballot with Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken, Jr. (which he'll be measured against) ...

... but voters may decide to "punish" McGwire by making him wait at least a year.

Beyond the 2007 Cooperstown vote, it's iffy. McGwire has refused to cooperate with the Senate hearings on steroids, which causes doubt to be shed on him. Other factors: who will be on the ballot the following (2008) year -- will "competition" be stiff?

We don't know how long McGwire used steroids. But the clouds of doubt are there, which doesn't help.

Answer 6

The problem with the steroid issue in this case is that the steriods that McGwire openly admits to taking were not legal in the eyes of MLB when he took them.
They are illegal now and should have been from the start.
But do you "reward" athletes for taking performance enhancing drugs when they were legal? What kind of message does that send to the young kids in Little Leagues across the world?
If McGwire does ever get into the HOF, it should be on his own merits and achievements NOT the drug enhanced ones!

Answer 7

AGAIN! For all you slow people out there...Mcgwire retired after the 2001 season, steroid use was NOT against the rules until 2003...AND, he has never tested positive for ANY banned substance...Either his play on the field deserves HOF recognition or it doesn't....You don't change the rules after a guy retires then say "well we "think" he might have broken a rule that wasn't in place when he played"...I guess only hitters were using? Pitchers didn't use? I don't care if guys walked around with needles hanging out of their a$$, before 2003 it was not against the rules...It is IMHO stupid to put that junk in your body...

Pete Rose broke the cardinal rule of baseball...."DO NOT BET ON BASEBALL" is a sign that is posted in EVERY Major League teams locker room...EVERY year, everyone in ML baseball gets written and verbal warnings NOT to bet on baseball...Pete Rose spit on baseball and is getting what he deserves...

Answer 8

No. He is a cheater, if Pete Rose, the all-time hit leader is being held out of the hall of fame, there is NO reason for McGwire to go in, since Rose didnt even cheat like McG.

Answer 9

Babe Ruth made it into the Hall of Fame by eating hot dogs and drinking beer not by using steroids. The answer simple No

Answer 10

Tough call.

Technically he didn't do anything illegal. 'Roids were perfectly legal at the time he used them. Yes, I said he used them. I can't stand when people say they don't know he did for sure because it was never proven. That's crap. Look at the old films. He was literally 270 in 1999!

Having said that, I think he is a complete fraud. I would love to see the baseball writers make him sweat it out. His performance before congress was an embarassment.

I would vote NO.