2007-06-21 18:48:21 · 25 answers · asked by Bo 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
he deserves it...he's the 5th person to hit 600 home runs...no matter what ppl say about steroids...he was a great sluggers durig his career with Cubs and he may hit about 25-30 home runs this season with Rangers...
2007-06-21 18:52:16 · answer #1 · answered by Frankie 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
He never tested positive because when they popped everybody he wasn't in the league and before that baseball didn't care. The guy gets drafted as a rail thin infielder and couldn't hit his way out of a wet paper sack with two bats. The Steroid Era comes along and BOOM, he goes to right field and comes up with 545 HR with the cubs, I think that was the number. Give me a break, that's just as obvious as Bonds but because Sammy is supposedly a nice guy he gets a free pass. How fair is it that a juicer that took advantage of the blind eye has 600 HR while Griffey, who has been a steady player since day 1 in the league, deals with all his injuries and just now is coming to 600? I'm gonna get a lot of bad votes on this because of the seeming universal circle jerk for Sosa but it is what it is. He disappears from the league for a while, long enough to flush the system, and comes back after his "no comprende" congress deal and everyone gets amnesia. I don't think he should, regardless if steroids weren't legal in baseball at the time it still broke traditional American law. No to the hall.
2007-06-22 06:14:12 · answer #2 · answered by David L 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
With the steroid era, hopefully being in the rear view mirror, Baseball will have to figure out a way to designate the difference. Maybe a whole wing just to the Juice ERA. Normally, HOF candidates either broke all time records, accomplished the magic numbers (3000 hits, 300 wins, 600 HR, etc), or dominated in their era. These "doped" players that dominated in this era would fill the HOF requirements. I don't agree with it and to watch great records fall to cheats, it is sad. Think the first 40/40 man is an admitted roid user. What does that record or any others accomplished in this era mean.
2007-06-22 05:50:39 · answer #3 · answered by Chuckie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i'm an old school fan and very disapointed with the way MLB let sacred records be disdained by the steriod age.
but that being said, all the steriod guys, bonds, macgwire, palmeiro, sosa, etc etc, should have some price to pay, but i dont know what that pricve is. maybe the shame of living with the ?s will be enough punishment, i dont know. when they are being enshrined, the will do so with the backdrop of questions and that wont be easy for them.
i dont excuse the players for cheating, but i think MLB turned a blind eye and is pretty much doing nopthing to stop it right now. if MLB just said "look, we messed up, but starting today, everyone will be tested and lets move on"
2007-06-22 02:45:55 · answer #4 · answered by finbar3131 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
600 Home Runs and counting! 3 60+ HR seasons! 13 seasons with the same team! 1998 NL MVP! Sammy is one of the best home run hitters of all time. Sosa seems to always get overshadowed every time he sets a milestone. When he hit 66, the same season McGwire was bust blasting 70. When he hit 64 another season, he failed to lead the league because Bonds crushed 72. This season he reached 600, but again his season will soon be overshadowed by Bonds breaking the all-time record. I hope when the day comes for Sosa's name to appear on a Hall ballot, he doesn't get overshadowed again. Sure he struck out a bunch, but that shouldn't keep him out, nor shuld his cork incident. He never did roids either!
2007-06-22 02:01:33 · answer #5 · answered by Cub_Fanatic 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
There is a good story I read on (I think) SI web page that makes so good points, he is the only one of the guys at the in front of Congress that never had any ties to Balko, has always said that he hasn't used. Never tested postive. Never had any questions about any test he took, he is still hitting homers. He also while much bigger then when He came in the league, isn't super sized like other guys. He is the only guy to hit 60 homers in 3 seasons.
He lost a lot of is batting ave, but still hits homers. Earlier in his career he did still bases, and in the middle he hit higher ave, along with the homers.
But after all that, I don't think he should get in. He was a good player, but not great, and not that well known outside of Chicago untill the "chase" year. He did hit timely homers before then, but his numbers weren't that high. His ave when he still had speed was good, but not HOF. He wasn't that good of a Def player as I remember, ever. He seems to be a nice guy, but he is kind of a one sided player. even at 600 that by it self isn't enough to say HOF to me.
2007-06-22 06:35:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Everyone keeps questioning whether his homeruns are legitimate due to "possible" steroid use. But nobody brings up the fact that a few years back he was caught using a corked bat.
He broke his bat on a foul ball and ran around to pick up pieces so nobody would see. Obviously the ump thought that was a little suspicious and asked for it. Automatic suspension.
Now, whether he deserves to go to cooperstown is not for me to decide, but has he cheated? Yes
2007-06-22 01:54:22 · answer #7 · answered by krush40 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes. He has never tested positive for anything and until he does his numbers put him in the HOF. He's fifth on the all-time home run list and domnated the NL in the late 90's. I don't see how it would be justified to keep him out, but I thought the same about Mark McGwire. Last time I checked its innocent until proven guilty in this country, unless of course we're dealing with baseball players apparantly.
2007-06-22 03:06:47 · answer #8 · answered by ajn4664_ksu 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Based on his stats he has a high chance, but i believe the corkrd-bat will weigh him down to an extent, so I would say his odds of being in Cooperstown is around 60%
2007-06-22 02:01:43 · answer #9 · answered by and1mastah 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Come on guys, It will eventually come out about the users. If you smell smoke, there's usually fire. Let's not diminish the accomplishments of those that came before him. He totally screwed up the Orioles when he was there. If the big wigs in baseball didn't believe the stories about him, why didn't he have a job for a year? He threw away all respect he had and threw a cloud over his accomplishments. I think if he ever gets in, it will be after is is totally cleared of all suspicions.
2007-06-22 04:37:35 · answer #10 · answered by Pat C 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
why wouldn't he? He was not involved with balco (bonds), there is no book out that says he did steroids (mcgwire), he never failed a drug test (palmiero), no teammate or coach has ever said he did steroids. Just because someones gets bigger does not mean they did steroids and that is the only evidence there is out there against him, he was a small teenager when he started and became a big man, that's it. Also, with the corked bat simple science tells you a lighter bat gives better bat speed but a heavier bat makes balls go farther. the one corked bat he had never helped him hit homeruns, and the same effect could be had by choking up, shaving the tip or using a lighter wood, all legal in baseball
2007-06-22 02:49:51 · answer #11 · answered by rare breed 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋