Does Mark Mcguire deserve to be in the hall.?

Question

I say no because of the steroids. Same with Barry, Rafael Palmero and Jose Canseco

Answer 1

yet too bad steroids are illegal so... YES

Answer 2

I agree. Mark McGwire doesn't deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. Some of his supporters will say that steroids weren't banned during the time that McGwire was playing. But cheating is cheating. Barry Bonds should be given a lifetime ban for the same reason. Yet, MLB may allow Barry Bonds to break the home run record. And last year, some fans were talking about even Babe Ruth's home run record should be considered tainted because Ruth never faced any African American pitchers, which I disagree with entirely. Pitchers like Gaylord Perry and Don Sutton shouldn't be removed because, Perry would throw spitballs which are illegal, and he used vaseline. Don Sutton used sandpaper on the baseballs. Those guys cheated, yet, are still Hall of Famers. It isn't fair to decide that one type of cheating is worse than another type of cheating. It is still cheating any way you put it. And, don't forget, Sammy Sosa doesn't deserve to be in either.

Answer 3

Mark McGwire shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame, but not simply because he alledgedly used steroids. One must consider the statistic most likely to be affected by the use of steroids, and that is home runs. Unfortunately for McGwire, without his prolific homeruns, he doesn't have a Hall of Fame resume. He was only a .260 lifetime hitter, he doesn't have 2,000 hits (let alone the magical 3,000 that most consider to be the standard for automatic induction into the hall), he was not a great defensive wizard (although he did win one Gold Glove early on, for most of his career he was merely an adequate first basemen), and he has no postseason heroics to speak of (with a worse postseason average than his overall career average). What he does have is home runs, and lots of them. Ordinarily, his homers and the fact that he was the most prolific home run hitter of all time (considering at-bats per home run) would be enough. However, it seems almost painfully obvious to the American public that many of McGwire's gaudy home run totals were boosted, perhaps significantly, by steroid use. This calls into severe scrutiny the only category upon which McGwire would logically rely on for induction. Without his home runs, McGwire was a decent first baseman for a couple of good teams, but is in no way a hall-of-famer. And without steroids, it seems that McGwire wouldn't have many of his home runs. Thus, he shouldn't be in the hall.

Answer 4

Okay one guy says yes because we never saw him take steorids..come on we all know that a majority of today's MLB players take steriods. McGuire doesn't deserve to be in the Hall, along with Barry and even though Conseco admitted to using steriods he souldnt be in the hall either. I think players should be tested at least twice a year and the results should be seen by the media and fans like us. Thats the only way to keep the game clean and save the game.

Answer 5

Mark McGwire is a steroid using coward.

Rafael Palmeiro is a prime example of don't mix steroids with viagra. The side effects are lying in front of congress.

There's very good chance that Bonds will get in depending the outcome of the Balco case.

Answer 6

Yes. baseball knew what was going on and benefited a whole lot from McGuire and Sosa, and it isn`t right to punish McGuire with something that Bud Selig had no problem with, when the 70 homers were being racked up. You can't offer a reward for doing something, supervise the job being done then tell someone, even though you reached the goals required to get your reward, you can't have the reward because we didn't like the way you achieved your goals. sorry, we should have told you that. opps!

Answer 7

At the time Mcgwire was hitting home runs, baseball fans needed something to look forward to. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa provided us with just that.

Steroids (at the time) were not illegal, just immoral. Baseball execs knew exactly waht was and wasn't going on in terms of steroid use.

My answer? Yes He does deserve to go into the HOF

Answer 8

How can Mcquire be a poor player for batting .263 but Reggie Jackson is in the HOF with a career batting average of .262? Corner defenders with great power and a modest batting average and speed have been the norm in baseball for many years. If you perform the required tasks at an exceptional level you can make the HOF.

Answer 9

His numbers say he does,this steroids issue is goming to a head now.There could be 5 more players pass the 500 HR mark this year.Anyone that has hit 500 is in the hall.I personally think he deserves to be there

Answer 10

The plaques need to be kept clean, as do the toilets. Mark McGwire would be the perfect person to perform those duties, as that is the only way he should be allowed in the Hall Of Fame.

Answer 11

with mcgwire, steroids were not illegal in baseball until his last season. how can you break a rule, if they isn't one. and anyways, he was never tested positive for steroids or any performance enhancing drug outside of andro which was widely used and legal to use in baseball in the mid 90's. mac was playing with the times. every hit he had came off of a pitcher who was probably using baseball's poor testing policies in their favor and well as the fielders too. big mac should be in the hall. blame bud selig and the 30 owners of the 90's for messing that one up, not the players. big mac and sammy saved baseball single handedly. steroids or not, they made lots of money for every park the cubs or the redbirds visited. they got people interested in a sport that lost many many fans years prior in a lockout shortened season. big mac's only strike against him is his .264 avg. not his alleged steroid use.