2007-02-11 17:04:56 · 22 answers · asked by Kyle Thompson 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
When Pete Rose gets in. And Joe Jackson
2007-02-11 19:23:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I honestly hope not...and its not about the steriods. There are many players in the hall that cheated to gain an edge on other players its part of the game. I just can't stand the fact that he can't admit it. At the grand jury when he "pleaded the fifth" he was basically telling me that he did it but was too chicken to admit it. And if you take away the homerun statistic he is not even close to being a hall of famer. He was a career .260 hitter and struck out more than he walked. not hall of fame numbers by my standards. But the hall of fame voters do need to make a decision on how to deal with the "steriod era".
2007-02-12 04:10:02 · answer #2 · answered by steve0stac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is unlikely, barring a tell-all session where he goes out and admits that he made some mistakes and what they were. Maybe they were steroids, maybe just that he used extra HGH or other things. Or if he just came out and said "No, I never used illegal steroids- but I knew others who did, judge me as you may." I think anyone who stays silent will always give the feeling of guilt, and it's awful tough to support even an impressive career for the Hall of Fame if you keep an air of guilt around you. If people knew how much of his career to attribute to steroids and how much was clean, they'd be able to make a better judgement.
The bigger question is if Bonds will go to the HoF. How do you deny someone who is otherwise a lock, and was even before when the steroids were supposed to have started?
2007-02-11 17:53:19 · answer #3 · answered by loki_of_valhala 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would hope not. It's not that Mcgwire doesn't have the statistics to enter the Hall it's that he attained them falsely. He did Steroids to alter his normal play and he did them openly before there were guidlines against their usage. He's a cheat, like Rose, like Bonds and they should never be allowed to gain entrance to the Hall of Fame.
2007-02-12 06:18:24 · answer #4 · answered by Oz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats funny..the one about the hall being sacred - its full of racists, cheats, and pill poppers. That being said look for Mcgwire to go in when there is no one of note eligible. 10 years or so.
2007-02-11 22:16:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
His career is now tainted. Nobody knows when or if he even belongs in that Hall of Fame. If you allow tainted players into the Hall of Fame, the Hall of Fame then becomes tainted when it should be kept as it has been for so many decades....sacred.
2007-02-11 20:44:19 · answer #6 · answered by Ahmalya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he will eventually when the hall of famers vote him in, but that'll be like another 5 or 10 years from now if he does get in probably, and maybe him and Canseco should make another hall of fame, it'd be The Pro Sports Steroid Users Hall of Fame
2007-02-11 18:50:49 · answer #7 · answered by Bo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since I don't recognize the votes of a bunch of retired quote monkeys to have any validity, I consider him to already be in the Hall. Not necessarily the one in Cooperstown, but that location's the result of a lie in the first place.
2007-02-15 00:34:24 · answer #8 · answered by jobu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I not sure because some voters don't care he used steroids while others do. It is almost 50-50 that he will or will not get in.
2007-02-11 23:12:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He could but its going to take a lot longer since he didn't answer any questions about the steroid use.
2007-02-11 17:12:23 · answer #10 · answered by Kobain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋