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Originally Posted by toyman55
I see all your points, yet Steve Howe, Strawerry, Gooden all had drug habits but they aren't banned from the HOF. I agree the gambling was wrong as was Mantle being an Alcoholic but we are humans all of us and we ALL have weakness in our soles. To Forgive is Devine so maybe we should judge ourselves first.
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Drugs like those may make a game lopsided or less than optimal from a performance standpoint, but gambling messes with the integrity of the game itself. It makes the game less of a game.
I don't like slippery slope arguments, but I think it works here. If everybody in the game did drugs, I might actually like watching the game more (though I am not condoning it). If everybody was in on a fix, then I would watch baseball as much as I watch pro wrestling (which is zero).
Just my opinion on the matter.