I'm a Yankees fan, but not a total homer. I realize this is bad and if there is proof I must say...no. But no proof=yes.
2007-12-14 00:16:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
I would vote for Clemens, Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Petite, to make it to the Major Leagues takes talent that no performance enhancing substance can supply.
We now know that pitchers and hitters used performance enhancing substances....means it was a level playing field.
Baseball has had "The Live Ball era" and "The Dead Ball Era".
We had records that were set prior to Major League Expansion and after Expansion.
Look to see how many records fell shortly after each Major League Expansion....this is the reason for the improved records....Diluting Major League Talent!
2007-12-14 00:23:50 · answer #1 · answered by Pastor In Kentucky 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, because he was a HOF pitcher with the Red Sox, before he went on 'roids.
You know I always thought that the Red Sox GM was a tool for saying that Clemens was losing it when he left, and that Roger had proved him wrong. Now I see what really happened, he used the juice to get a second life.
Even so, his numbers with the Sox were good enough to get him to the hall.
2007-12-14 08:56:59 · answer #2 · answered by rob 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I would not throw him under the bus just on the word of some disgruntled former trainer. Clemons didn't all of a sudden start throwing 120 mph and double his size and stats like Barry Bonds* did. Clemons did maintain his stats at an age when they usually fall off, but many other pitchers have done that throughout history, so that also isn't like Bonds*. His fastball got slower during this so-called period like it should, but he became a better all-around pitcher.
2007-12-14 08:28:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course he belongs in the Hall of Fame. All of the top tier players accused, suspected or actually even guilty of taking 'performance enhancers', i.e. Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Palmerio--all of those guys belong there. They are the top players of their era--regardless of whether it goes down as the 'steroid era'. One cannot discount accomplishments just because the best hitter and the best pitcher very likely were taking drugs.
2007-12-14 09:15:58 · answer #4 · answered by asphlex 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have to put him in the hall, and I'm a Red Sox fan. This is the steroids era, everybody's doing it. Nobody even really knows how far this goes back or how deep it runs.
2007-12-14 08:22:08 · answer #5 · answered by Boston Three Party 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Maybe, as a Red Sox player he was clean, and there is no evidence he used while in a Boston uniform, but after that I don't know.He still used as a Yankee.
2007-12-14 09:02:00 · answer #6 · answered by bostonsportsfan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not if he started when they say he did in Toronto,yes he was great as a red sox,then why did he start using after he left?i think hes a poor example of a what should be great people being recognized.
2007-12-14 09:18:47 · answer #7 · answered by Tribe of benjamin 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Rocket is IN. Yes, I would vote for him.
There is no smoking gun...just jealousy. Anyone that has seen his workout regiment since his college days will know the guy is a machine.
2007-12-14 08:19:40 · answer #8 · answered by gato_del_sol_3 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes. His Hall props were earned before he left Boston.
2007-12-14 08:35:46 · answer #9 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If i had a vote I would definitely vote for the Rocket.because you just don't know who took it, it was the era and if I had a vote I would have to vote for the best players of the era.
2007-12-14 08:24:14 · answer #10 · answered by Aj J 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋