do you think the next commissioner will ban Barry bonds for life and not allow to get in the hall of fame?

Question

I hope baseball's next commisioner is tougher on cheaters.

Answer 1

I sure hope so ! please next comiss, do it !

Answer 2

Unless it is definitively proven that Barry Bonds used steroids *after* the steroid ban was put in place, then there is absolutely no case to ban Barry Bonds from baseball.

As to whether or not the commisioner controls who gets in the Hall of Fame, it is true that the commisioner has no say in that. But the Hall of Fame rules state that for induction, a player must be "In good standing" with the league, so a disgraced player with a lifetime ban (Pete Rose) is disqualified by the rules of the Hall of Fame.

Answer 3

The commissioner has no say as to whether anyone goes into the hall of fame or not. However he does have the power to ban any player from playing. It really doesn't matter at this point. Bonds is a marked man. He will never be accepted as anything but a cheater. In the hearts of true baseball fans he will hold no records of any kind.

Answer 4

He absolutely cannot ban Barry Bonds for life. Barry Bonds has not broken one rule of the game. He may have used steroids (I believe he has). BUT, has he ever tested positive for steroids since MLB prohibited them and started testing? No, he hasn't.

As far as not allowing him to get in the Hall of Fame, put it this way. Mark McGwire got about 27% of the vote. You need 75%. Bonds' stats are better than McGwire's, no question. But there are people in the Writers' Association (the voters for the Hall) who have taken a lifetime oath that they will never vote for suspected cheaters. Long as they stick to their word, the only way Barry Bonds gets into the Hall of Fame is if he buys a ticket like the rest of us.

Answer 5

How can you ban a player who acted within the rules of the era he played in?

Perhaps more importantly, is it fair to single out one individual when most reasonable people suspect that steroid use in the late 90s and 2000s was rampant?

I am not excusing him, but Bonds had the misfortune of being baseball's most prominent player right at the time the steroid issue was reaching its climax. It seems that many lesser players than Bonds have been let off the hook.

Bonds was wrong, but he has also been scapegoated. So for all these reasons, to answer your quetsion, I would say no.

Answer 6

how can you ban a player that never broke a rule? how can you call someone a cheater for doing something that had no rule in place banning it?
it's like this.......
in high school your principle allows for open book testing. you get good grades and graduate.
years later, a new principle cracks down and bans open book testing and now wants to take back the high school diploma you received during the open book years.

secondly, bonds has never admitted, not tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.

Answer 7

No. Why would he do that? Bonds has never tested positive for steroids.

He might want to ban Jeff Kent, though.

Answer 8

No, he won't. I'm still trying to figure out how something that wasn't against the rules then can be considered cheating now.

Answer 9

Not without a substantive basis for doing so, no.

Answer 10

Absoulutely Not you must be as stupid as bud selig.

Answer 11

No. He has no clear reason to do so.