OK, a resounding amount of writer's did not vote for Mark McGwire to get into the HOF. This was expected, and though the reasoning is asinine, at best, I've come to accept it.
What I can't accept is a douche like Rich Maris saying that McGwire and Bonds should have an asterisk next to their homerun seasons. His reasoning? They cheated to get those records. So, he thinks his dad, Roger Maris, should have the record back.
But back up a second. Didn't Roger Maris take 162 games to hit 61 homers? And Babe Ruth did it in 154? Wasn't that right? So, shouldn't Babe Ruth have the record and Roger Maris have an asterisk?
"But the season was 162 games. There wasn't a rule that said the season was 154 games."
That's right, just like there wasn't a rule that steroids could not be used when McGwire and Bonds broke the record. They were playing within' the rules, just like Maris was playing within'the rules.
To make yet another asinine leap, Babe Ruth shouldn't have the record, since he was doing it against all white competition. He wasn't playing against half of the league, since they were in the Negro leagues. I know it was no fault of his own, he was just going by the rules.
So, if we're following the logic of Rich Maris, there should be no records at all in baseball. If we are banning records for the "Steroid Era", it only makes sense that we ban records from the "Dead Ball Era" the "Live Ball Era", "The Segregtion Era", and "The 162 Game Era".
I mean, fair's fair...right Rich. You stupid crotch.
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I bet you're a "Pete Rose in the HOF" supporter, too.
Relax, you're a Mark McGwire fan that did not win this argument. You need to accept it.
Again, just because you fill a room with morons and they all agree on something, it doesn't make it right. It just means that a room full of morons agreed on something.
And yes, Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame. It's the BASEBALL Hall of Fame, not the MORALITY Hall of Fame. Look at their aseball stats and pull your personal opinions on steroids out of the equation.
If morality were a question for you, you wouldn't be using the title, "Esquire" behind your name, Mr. Nelson.
Mr. Rose had the ability to affect baseball games and statistics of players as he made decisions as a gambling baseball manager. Thus, he tainted baseball. You and Pete may believe he is clean as a whistle, but most do not feel it is so.
Accept defeat, my friend.
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