There are two - and ONLY two - consistent positions that can be held on induction of steroid users into the Baseball HOF:
1) All of them who compiled yardstick accomplishments make it (including McGwire, Sosa, Palmeiro, etc).
2) NONE of them get in (including Bonds and Clemens)
And we now have guy voted in who actually tested positive and was, oh, 1/10th the player of Bonds - and the very same moralists who spent the last decade telling me they can't vote for a steroid user are RATIONALIZING Ortiz's "alleged" positive test in 2003.
Look - is Ortiz a HOFer all things considered? Yes. Even as a DH? Yes. It's a position on the field, fine.
But this sudden flip flop on "can't have steroid users in the Hall" is insane.
You make Piazza wait 3 years.
You make Bagwell wait 6 years.
All because you suspect they MIGHT have done something.
But Pudge Rodriguez gets in first shot despite suspicions.
David Ortiz gets in first shot despite a positive test.
My problem isn't drugs or not drugs - it's the inconsistent morality involved.
1) All of them who compiled yardstick accomplishments make it (including McGwire, Sosa, Palmeiro, etc).
2) NONE of them get in (including Bonds and Clemens)
And we now have guy voted in who actually tested positive and was, oh, 1/10th the player of Bonds - and the very same moralists who spent the last decade telling me they can't vote for a steroid user are RATIONALIZING Ortiz's "alleged" positive test in 2003.
Look - is Ortiz a HOFer all things considered? Yes. Even as a DH? Yes. It's a position on the field, fine.
But this sudden flip flop on "can't have steroid users in the Hall" is insane.
You make Piazza wait 3 years.
You make Bagwell wait 6 years.
All because you suspect they MIGHT have done something.
But Pudge Rodriguez gets in first shot despite suspicions.
David Ortiz gets in first shot despite a positive test.
My problem isn't drugs or not drugs - it's the inconsistent morality involved.