Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Roger Clemens don�t have the integrity, sportsmanship or

seanofjapan · #11 01-04-2022, 04:43 AM

To me it makes zero sense to be excluding Bonds and Clemens from the hall due to PED, it�s just a no brainer that they should be in regardless based on their accomplishments.

That said, I don�t think PED is irrelevant to Hall consideration in some cases. It�s really a question of how much weight is put on that factor, which I don�t think should be so high as to offset the accomplishments of a Barry Bonds. It seems it should really just be a major factor in those cases where you�ve got a borderline candidate, Where PED use could be a significant factor in excluding them. Like Jose Canseco, who without the PED use might have had a shot, I think it makes sense to take that as a factor that moves him solidly into the �no� column.

Bonds and Clemens are just so far beyond that level though that it doesn�t make sense to be barring them though.

It�s a tougher question for guys like Palmeiro and McGwire though, a fair bit lower on the achievement scale than Bonds/Clemens, but also high enough above a Canseco that they can�t be so easily dismissed.

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