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Originally Posted by Dakota
Bonds and his ilk do not deserve HOF entry, IMO.
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In my personal opinion, I agree with you wholeheartedly.
However, there is no ignoring the fact that MLB offcially turned a blind eye to performance enhancers for many, many years, thereby legitimizing, at least in the players minds, the use of such products. Therefore, the argument can be put forth by anyone desiring to play DA, that the achievements of these players should merit their induction.
It is not a hard and fast, black and white issue like that which faced the Black Sox, William Cox, or Pete Rose. (Well...since 2002 it has been, but not before.)
Even Tris Speaker and Ty Cobb were suspected of possible game fixing and gambling, though nothing was ever proved in their case. Had it been and you can rest assured that the original class inducted into the HOF would have looked somewhat different.