Comments on: Is Sammy Sosa Hall of Fame worthy?

By: jmccormick

jmccormick — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:59:30 +0000

All or nothing, and given the recent decisions and Sosa’s positive test from 2003 (called it!), he’s not coming anywhere close to Cooperstown. I don’t care if they let steroid users in, but make it consistent. That will do more to respect the game than waffling and putting the decision up to each individual’s own agenda.

By: Peter Christian

Peter Christian — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:27:17 +0000

I kind of went off there… oh, well, at least I got that off my chest.

By: paulmbanks

paulmbanks — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:25:51 +0000

Wow Peter tell us how you really feel

By: Peter Christian

Peter Christian — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:14:36 +0000

Another good point David… Roids during the 90′s = not breaking the rules; Corked bat for the last century = completely illegal. Yet we crucify the guy for the act that didn’t break the rules? All because we need to protect the “sanctity of the game” and some b.s. about the stats mean more in baseball? Ugh, baseball “purists” are some of the most idiotic sports fans ever. What about the fact that baseballs used to be made out of mush, what about the fact that a ground rule double used to be a home run, what about the fact that many of the best baseball players this country has ever seen weren’t allowed to play in the MLB because the owners were all racist assholes (especially Satchel Paige), what about the fact that baseball players were bound to become bigger and stronger men because of the importance of nutrition and body maintenance over the last 20 years? All of those things are just as important as steroids when considering how the most recent “Era” compares to others over the last 100 years, yet we are supposed to draw the line at steroids? That is quite possibly the most ignorant argument ever created in sports history, yet millions of baseball fans are just buying in because it makes people feel like they are drawing a moral line and taking a stance. This issue makes me more upset than the fact that the Oklahoma City NBA franchise named their team after a sound.

By: Peter Christian

Peter Christian — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:01:59 +0000

One thing that the HOF voters never seem to realize is that the guys that are supposedly blackballed NEVER CHEATED!!! Steroids and other PED’s were not banned substances until earlier this decade! The NFL has admitted steroid users in its HOF and no one seems to bat an eye because the league and voters know, there is no denying the past. The Hall of Fame is a museum of the sports history and if the voters honestly think they can decide what gets remembered about the last 10-20 years of the sport they are dumber than the average NBA GM. We have reached a time in which the voters are so far removed from the pulse of the game that they have NO EFFING CLUE about what is “Good for the Game” (which is what is constantly preached). As fans of the game we have a responsibility to take stock of the game’s own judgement lapses and put in the HOF the guys that carried the sport through the last decade and a half, whether we agree with how they carried it or not.

By: David K.

David K. — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:58:09 +0000

Hey, at least Sosa didn’t use Roids AND cork his bat… oh wait…

By: paulmbanks

paulmbanks — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:11:21 +0000

Like Pete said “the HOF- Official Steroids wing” it’s coming

By: George

George — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:29:53 +0000

Who cares, nobody is bigger than the game….especially the Hall of Fame. Sam entertained and was good for the game. It’s just a game.

By: Melissa W.

Melissa W. — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:06:25 +0000

Sammy’s kidding himself if he believes he won’t be put through the wringer, asked every question in the book and scrutinized under a microscope before his eligibility comes up. His time will come and if he can’t understand English, he’s better learn fast. Not answering is just as bad as admitting guilt.

By: paulmbanks

paulmbanks — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:37:11 +0000

I wonder if Sosa realizes how intelligence insulting it is to for people to be expected to believe he didn’t use steroids. Barry Bonds is so fargone I don’t think he ever cared if he people thought he was lying or not. In his distorted vision (perhaps Sosa’s as well) of the world, they may not even think anything they did was wrong. That’s why Sammy might think he’s getting in