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2006-10-12 13:26:12 · 34 answers · asked by ✠TotalTechMasta✠ 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
No, because he used steroids and hasn't even admitted to doing anything wrong. He had all of his great power seasons while using steroids. Plus, he's got serious character issues.
2006-10-15 12:38:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I really do not respect this guy. All personal accounts have shown that he has used every performance-enhancing drug in the book. He lies on a routine basis, he plays the victim, trying to make everyone else feel guilty for criticising him.
But correct me if I am wrong, but when he was supposedly using these drugs, they were not officially against the rules of major league baseball. Baseball had almost no drug testing policy. And from what we are now hearing on a continual basis from many different sources, A LOT of people have used steroids, hitters and pitchers.
Pete Rose is not in the hall of fame because he bet on baseball, which was punishable by expulsion from the game. There was never such a rule regarding performance enhancing substances, so even if Bonds did take them, I don't know if that is a strong enough reason to keep him out of the Hall of Fame.
2006-10-12 15:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by milerman01 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He belongs in the hall of fame because he is one of the greatest hitters of all time. The fact of the matter is that baseball did not test for steroids until a few years ago and we don't know who did and didn't do steroids. No one is above suspicion. How do we know that Roger Clemens didn't use steroids? And he is a lock for the hall of fame. Barry probably did steroids but so did half the league, how can they keep the greatest hitter of our time out of the hall and then put in some inferior hitters who may or may not have used steroids?
2016-03-18 08:20:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, even if he is proven to have used steroids. Hey, Ruth had something much better than steroids: 70 MPH fastballs, few decent breaking balls and a right field fence 290 feet away. Walter Johnson got to use a dirty and uneven ball (dont get confused, Ruth's good years were after the ball was changed). There are advantages throughout history and pitchers are using the juice too. There are more relievers and players today are simply much more talented. Bonds didn't succeed simply due to steroids, he has one of the best swings in baseball along with great plate coverage and a great eye for balls and strikes. I think people should quit being such babies about this and accept the fact that although hes a jerk he's a really good player (or was).
2006-10-12 15:32:24 · answer #4 · answered by miamiman 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes two reasons other than the numbers. He has never tested positive and it was not against the rules when he admitted he used it. I agree it is against the law but there are a lot of players in the Hall that broke the law. Take Ty Cobb for instance arguably the best hitter in the history of the game no question the worst person on and off the field.
2006-10-15 03:01:48 · answer #5 · answered by Colin L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to say this, because I hate Barry Bonds and I was hoping iffey, Jr. would be the first to break Hank Aaron's record, buthe can't stay healthy. Anyway, I digress. I think that until Barry Bonds is actually caught using steroids, he should be allowed to hold records and enter the Hall Of Fame, without an asterisk. He has never tested positive, and has only admitted to letting somone inject him with "something" that he thought was flaxseed oil. He "cannot be sure what it was."le I think he's smart enough to use HGH, which is undetectable, I have to let him in if he gets enough votes.
However, I think all this talk has tainted HOF voters' opinions as well, and I don't believe he will ever get enough votes to get in, even if he breaks the Home Run record.
2006-10-12 13:37:48 · answer #6 · answered by pacerslover31 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
If Bonds did in fact cheat then he should never get in the hall of fame.Pete Rose was suspended from baseball for life for betting on games, Bonds should also be suspended for life as he sets a very bad example for younger kids.
2006-10-14 08:38:52 · answer #7 · answered by frankfaraci@sbcglobal.net 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Despite is steroid use, i have to say...yes. Why? Well because he's hit like 680 HR without steroids and with steroids he only hit about 75 more. Whats the big difference between 75 and 680? Kirby Pucket is if not in, going to be in the Hall Of Fame and hes only hit like 120 or so.
2006-10-12 13:43:25 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Against my better judgement , Yes he should. My reasoning is that baseball has not considered steriod use illegal for his whole career. If you want to strike his records from after the time steroids became illegal in baseball that's fine. However you would have to prove he was dirty, second you would have to say his career was not Hall worthy for the body of work. That is the sad part. He was a Hall of Famer before the steroids he did not need them.
2006-10-12 14:46:18 · answer #9 · answered by ktar0420 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
yes. there are many players who used steroids in the mid to late 90s. just read jose canseco's book. and, none of the other players who used steroids hit 73 home runs in a season, or broke any of the numerous records bonds has set.so why single out bonds? sure, he may be an asshole and a cheater, but that doesn't take away all of his accomplishments and records.
2006-10-12 15:34:59 · answer #10 · answered by Dylan F 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋