Well put Rick. I hate Barry, so it sucks, but you are absolutely right. When talking about assholes in the HOF though, you can't leave out your hometown boy, The Georgia Peach.
On 9/20/07, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the problem is that Barry was a hall of famer before his head grew three > sizes. > > so he would've been a hall of famer with or without the steroids. > > On top of that... steroids weren't banned at the time that Barry did > them. Everyone knew you weren't supposed to take them - they're > illegal, after all, unless you've got a legitimate prescription for > them. But the steroids that Barry took were neither prescribed nor > legal. "The Cream" and "The Clear" were not FDA approved drugs, as > far as I know. > > Breaking laws, however, doesn't keep you out of the hall of fame. > There are plenty of criminals in the hall of fame. > > Neither does breaking rules. There are numerous pitchers in the hall > KNOWN for throwing spitballs and stuff whenever possible. > > Neither does being an asshole - and Barry certainly is an ass. But so > was Ted Williams, from what I've heard. > > So, unfortunately, you CAN'T put an asterisk on his record (he didn't > even break the rules of baseball by taking steroids!). > > And you CAN'T *ban* him from the Hall of Fame. Although voters may > choose not to vote him in. I don't see that happening though. Barry > will end up in the hall of fame. > > As for the BASEBALL? > > Well, the guy can do anything he wants with it. I think he should put > an asterisk on it. > > Because there may not be any asterisk in the record books - but we'll > all know it's there. > > Rick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242831 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
