Comments on: What will bail Bonds from alleged steroids scandal?

By: Make You Go Hmm: » MLB will investigate ‘roids rage

Make You Go Hmm: » MLB will investigate ‘roids rage — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:42:39 +0000

[…] The last time I brought this up a few good comments were left including one by Warner Crocker: “We were all cheated. I find the entire doping of athletes to be just plain wrong and the antithesis of sports. Unless the records are asterisked at some point in the future (or expunged) I’ll not support the sport again.” […]

By: Sterling Camden

Sterling Camden — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:04:49 +0000

And yet, Montecore, Rose’s transgression didn’t give him any artificial competitive edge. His achievements in baseball were entirely his own.

By: Warner Crocker

Warner Crocker — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:51:41 +0000

We were all cheated. I find the entire doping of athletes to be just plain wrong and the antithesis of sports. Unless the records are asterisked at some point in the future (or expunged) I’ll not support the sport again. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not just blaming the athletes here. I think MLB is also at fault, as is the players union. To pretend this wasn’t happening is a sham at worst and hypocritical at best.

By: Montecore the Tiger

Montecore the Tiger — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:33:13 +0000

Rose’s case in isn’t comprable to Bonds’s situation–although I don’t think either should be in the Hall of Fame. Rose violated baseball’s cardinal rule; steroid use wasn’t prohibited in baseball until recently.

By: Sterling Camden

Sterling Camden — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:27:01 +0000

Hmm — good questions. The steroid thing makes me sick and I think they need stiff penalties, but I don’t think they can adjust any of the records. Nobody knows how much the steroids contributed to their performance. As far as Rose goes, I’d like to see him in the Hall of Fame one day. Yes, he should not have gambled — but at least he was betting FOR his team, so it’s not like he was planning to throw the game or anything. I agree on zero tolerance for gambling, but I think keeping one of history’s best players out of the Hall is a bit cruel and unusual.