Same reason Pete Rose isn't in the Hall?
2007-01-09 08:33:55 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Because he used Steroids for a long time and they helped artificially inflate his statistics. Also he won't be honest about his steroid use.
2007-01-09 08:38:29 · answer #1 · answered by crazyhorse19682003 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Steroids have ruined his reputation. The same will happen with Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds. At least McGwire was close to the record a couple of times (within 10) but he just got so huge! I remember him as a rookie. He was MUCH lighter. I know that you can train to get bigger, but to get so much bigger at his age is suspicious.
Don't you think that it's strange that the league's home runs dropped off so dramatically once the "juicing" became known?
Check out Sammy. His previous high in homers was 40 in 1996. Two years later dude hits 66! That 26 better than his record! Remember Sammy got a lot more muscular as he got older! 40 homers used to be an absolutely astounding feat. There are guys in the HOF that never got close to 40. Obviously these guys have to be able to hit the ball, but the power came from the juice.
I have nothing to add about Bonds that hasn't been said before. Gee, for a man his age he sure got a whole lot of big muscles in a short time. By the way he had to hit 24 more homers than he ever had before to break the record. And at his age? AMAZING what chemistry can do!
2007-01-09 09:45:44 · answer #2 · answered by DB Cash 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give KBalls the 10 points. His answer is correct. Bonds was a spindly little thing until Sosa and McGwire got all the press. He ballooned up over a winter. McGwire was always a good sized guy. He set the Rookie record for Home Runs, so his performance NEVER jumped up. Tony Larussa was with him for almost his entire career, and still says McGwire worked as hard as anyone in the weight room, and SLOWLY built his body over the years. Yes, Big Mac did use andro, but it was legal to use. It enhanced the body's ability to heal the muscles that are torn down during lifting.
McGwire's answer to the Congress was accurate. He said "If I say I didn't do steroids, people will call me a liar. If I say I DID do steroids, I will be called a cheater. It doesn't matter what I say. Therefore, on the advice of my counsel, I refuse to answer the question at all."
The man earned his home runs. Sosa cheated (especially with the corked bat) to get his. We all know Bonds cheated -- that's why his knees are falling apart now -- because he ruined his joints with steroids.
2007-01-09 09:37:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He used steroids which is cheating and don't say it wasn't against the rules at the time because transforming your body into almost superhuman form is cheating. Pete Rose broke the the rules of baseball but I think his banning from the sport is more debatable than mcgwire's not getting into the hof. He was a good player and set the record for homers for a rookie but then he started getting involved with Jose Canseco and steroids. More recently though he went in front of congress and said he wasn't there to talk about the past and didn't even say he didn't use them which might have been a smarter idea but now it's keeping him out of the hall.
2007-01-09 08:50:40 · answer #4 · answered by Jack NYY #1 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mark has become the poster child for the steroid era, along with Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds and Rafael Palmeiro, soon to be joined by Roger Clemens, mark my words. Although there is no hardcore evidence that he used them (yes, he used androstenedione, but it wasn't illegal in the sport when he did), he has evaded the question, essentially marking his guilt. Actually, there was at least one voter who left his entire ballot blank because he couldn't be sure that anyone was clean during the Steroid Era. McGwire got 23.5% of the votes, a little less than a third of what he needs to get in (and it's much more than the 5%needed to keep him on the ballot for the next 15 years), so there is plenty of time to allow the truth to come out about all these guys.
There was hard evidence that Pete Rose broke the MLB's No Gambling rule (one of the cardinal sins of baseball), and he refused to admit it, so he was banned for life. A little different than McGwire. Besides, the commissioner who banned Rose, Bart Giamatti, hated his guts.
2007-01-09 08:48:57 · answer #5 · answered by Kballs 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He has that refusal to answer the steroid question hanging over his head. If, when he was before Congress, he had just said, "No, I never took them" that would have been the end of it. As it was, he refused to say yes or no, so he didn't get voted in. Pete Rose might someday get put in, he's deserving and has paid his dues. And if Barry Bonds gets in, McGwire, Palmeiro, Sosa should all get elected despite the steroid allegations.
2007-01-09 12:49:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not the same reason Pete Rose isn't in the HOF. It's because they still think that Mark McGwire is on steroids and that he's not deserving enough to make it in the HOF.
2007-01-09 11:46:01 · answer #7 · answered by Billy P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark isn't in the Hall of Fame because people are using him as a scapegoat for all of the steroid scandals. Personally I would say he is Hall worthy. Pete Rose isn't in the Hall of Fame because of his gambling scandal.
2007-01-09 12:09:40 · answer #8 · answered by A-Rog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually there is no proof that mcgwire took roids, he took a supplement before it was illegal but thats it. teh voters are supposed tao look at stats only. since there is no proof that his stats are tainted hw choul dhave gotten in for having the second most homeruns in a season. Sosa should get in when hes eligalbe too, so should bonds, until they are 100% if they took roids, benifit of the doubt must be given. In a court of law to convict u must be beyond a "shadow of a doubt' and 23.5% is a hellaofalot more than a shadow.
Also Cal should have been unanimous, 8 of teh voters are r3tart3d
2007-01-09 08:59:46 · answer #9 · answered by Ross 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if he took steroids you still need talent to hit the ball. Without steroids he couldn't even hit a couple homers. Pete Rose deserves the hall more than him.
2007-01-09 11:52:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to trust a man who refuses to tell the truth in front of members of Congress.
He simply has no honor and his peers probably would have more respect for him had he just told the truth. Be a man.
It's one thing that he used steroids but it's even worse to hide the truth.
His entire career other than his first two years is a lie. Fake numbers don't belong in the Hall of Fame.
2007-01-09 09:38:42 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋