Today, coming as a surprise to literally no one, Mark McGwire announced to the world that he used steroids during his magical 1998 season and off and on for the majority of his career. As, I said before, this isn't new information to anyone, but as a kid who fell in love with baseball during that '98 season, it hurts me a little bit.
Steroids are such a touchy subject in sports overall, but especially in baseball. As a fan, I love the idea of players who I have never liked (AROD, Bonds) not making it into the Hall of Fame. When it comes to the players that I rooted for, like Clemens and McGwire, I find myself wishing for more leniency. While I understand not including players like Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire, all I hope for is consistency from the voters. If you're not going to include them, then you have to immediately eliminate any player linked with performance enhancing drugs. There can't be a situation along the lines of, "Yeah, he cheated...but he was just REALLY good." However this mess turns out, here's to keeping our fingers crossed that Ken Griffey Jr.'s name stays clean.
No comments:
Post a Comment