Joe DiMaggio

A question about the baseball hall of fame?

I have a question about the baseball hall of fame,my question is.. Should A-Rod and the other ball players who took drugs be in the hall of fame? I don't think they should in it. I would really like to see Pete Rose in the HOF, all I'm saying is if rose can't be inducted into the hall of fame,then why should the ones who took drugs and lied about it..

Public Comments

1. No I think they shouldn't be in the HOF at all!
2. Nope, they should never be shown on a ballet. Only if they admitted to the public or shown up positive on a drug test though. Those 2 are the only way we can prove they used.
3. i think the players that admitted to take steroids and never didnt again should go but the ones that lies to mlb should never play baseball again
4. a-rod yes. but the others no. he admitted to it asnd apologized. everyone deserves a second chance. and as for pete rose...you dont know the whole story. so i wouldnt be running your mouth about it
5. I think that they should be banned from baseball like pete rose. Then a committee of hall of famers should review the list to see if they have made greater contributions to baseball BOTH statistically and off the field. Then if the committee says that they made great contributions, then they should be placed on the ballot to the hall of fame with an opportunity with the rest of the players. They will be still shown that they took steroids, but still be able to show their positive contributions to baseball. I think Pete Rose should be in too along with Joe Jackson
6. Angry, bitter, unable to see the damage that Rose's actions inflicted or could have inflicted, and now demanding, based upon an irrational association which is just this side of nonexistent, that the pain be shared because DAMMIT it's time!!!!! Classic. Y'know, Rose apologists, you should consider DOING SOMETHING about trying to get Rose reinstated, rather than just continue hoping and whining that SOMETHING BE DONE. It really does have a much better chance of working (though in this particular case, since the current chance is "none at all", anything is better no matter how nanoscopic).
7. Well yes ppl like Roger Clemens will never has his name restored. It was found out tht he did steroids at the end of his career (yeah im a clemens fan and yankees fan but theres no way around it he did them) anyway a-rod has 9 years left to show the world tht he can play baseball without steroids. think they should take away his 1 mvp award he won while during doing roids and along just act like he never played those years and take everything he won or accomplished during tht time. all star appearances, hr's, etc. but yeah if arod can prove he can do it still he is okay for the HOF. i think there should be a rule tht if a player can put up the same numbers he did before he took roids for 5 years he can be in the HOF but i do also think pete rose should be in the HOF. my take is simply arod will get in cause he has 9 years to make up for his mistake clemens, bonds, etc didnt.
8. If you spend years denying it then NO-If you admit it then take your penalty and move on, yes but never a first ballot.
9. Rose needs to be inducted. Maybe every fan should email MLB's office and tell them this, when they get overloaded, maybe something will finally be done.
10. First of all, the steroid scandal and the Rose case have absolutely nothing to do with one another. The facts in the Rose case are simple - he bet on baseball, received his punishment, and that punishment makes him ineligible for induction. No other facts in his case matter, and none of these facts are changed because a good number of players have tested positive for banned PED's. Keep in mind also that the HOF and MLB are 2 completely separate entities. While MLB supports the HOF, and the HOF does not allow players who are permanently ineligible to be inducted, this is their decision, not the decision of MLB. Baseball has punished Rose according to it's rules, and will also now punish players testing positive under it's own rules. Having said that, you must also remember that the voting for the HOF is strictly an opinion. There are no "magic numbers" that get you inducted automatically. Look at the fact that Mark McGwire, currently #8 on the career home run list with 583 (more than all but 4 of the current HOF inductees) is not in, and only received 21.9 % of the vote in last year's election. Obviously, while the HOF has not specifically banned these players induction, the voters are using it as a gudeline. And in McGwire's case, he never tested positive. Does this mean that I am hoping that players who do test positive get inducted? Not by any means. However, it does mean that I feel that Rose should never be inducted. Not now, not when he passes away, and certainly not when enough people feel that his breaking of the most sacred rule in baseball is "no big deal". And no number of players testing positive, whether it be 1, 100, or every single player who ever put a uniform on, should ever change that fact.