gouletcolonial previously said:

yummy tomorrow Rickey Henderson walks to the hall of fame maybe Jim Rice also ...the amount Mark Mcguire misses by will be the most interesting because Corky and all those other druggies are in the same boat ..what do you think ? I am curious I know you are a big fan ....no way sammy is getting in when he is eligible

walnut previously said:

The Dominican Baseball League site has a story today about those who are playing; it uses the term "on the payroll" to define the participants like A-Rod, Ortiz, Pujols and others.

yumnuk3 previously said:


Rickey will get in on 99-point-something percent of the vote and then speak about himself in the third person at the induction.

Jim Rice does not belong in the Hall of Fame . No way. One of the worst clutch players in Sox history. From the 7th inning on RISP

Steroids or no steroids, McGwire wasn't good enough to be in the Hall of Fame.
McGwire was never considered one of the top 10 players in the game in his prime. He couldn't run, couldn't field. He basically struck out or homered..... remember that Dave Kingman was the same type of player and he's not in the Hall of Fame.


Did Sammy Sosa make some mistakes? Yes, he disgraced himself before Congress by "forgetting" how to speak English . Using a corked bat...... The fans seem to forget that when Sosa returned after his cork suspension in 2003 he went on a tear and was a major reason that team even made the playoffs. You can get into the steroid debate, and I'm not going to sit here and proclaim that Sammy is completely innocent, but as of now, nothing has been turned up to suggest that he used anything illegal. In my opinion, Sammy Sosa is a Hall of Famer. Sosa returned in 2007 and hit 21 HR and drove in 92 runs in just over 400 ABs. Had the Rangers not cut his playing time in favor of youth over the final two months, Sosa likely would've hit 30 HR and driven in well over 100 -- this coming in a league now with stringent steroid testing.

gouletcolonial previously said:

from todays NYT ..McGwire was turned down again although he is eighth all-time with 583 home runs. Normally, that would be enough to get anybody elected to the Hall, but times have not been normal since players’ shoulders began merging with their enlarged craniums back in the mid-‘90’s.

Since retiring after the 2001 season, McGwire has become the canary in the coal mine for Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Roger Clemens, all of whom become eligible in 2013.

Come to think of it, Bonds and Sosa would be wise to find a team that needs an immobile and aged designated hitter, to postpone their day of reckoning with the hangin’ jury of baseball writers who are the Hall voters. .....the hangin jury awaits Corky