2013 MLB Hall of Fame Screechfest

Bonds was a bigger prick to the media so I expect the vote totals will reflect that.

 

This would be close to impossible to vote if steroids were not involved.
Seriously messed up with PEDs on the table.

 

The ballot wouldn't be this crowded without steroids. Without steroids, these guys would have faded out and retired on different schedules and it would have been one or two of them at a time just like always. It just so happens for this window that the Mitchell Report came out, a testing policy with some teeth followed, and suddenly everyone is out of the game.

 

How many on the ballot do you think will get in eventually?

I think probably eight...

I think of everyone on the ballot, Biggio may have the best chance to get in this year.

 

I highly doubt it.

 

Palmeiro, no way. Of everyone in the steroid era, he has become the biggest punchline.

 

Palmeiro is never getting in.

McGwire and Sosa might have a difficult road as well. Fairly or unfairly, I think it's easier to justify voting for Bonds or Clemens, guys who had HOF careers long before most thought they were juicing.

I have no idea if Morris will get in.

The rest, I think get in, even if it might take longer for some...

 

I think Trammell has a solid resume and may even be deserving, but I don't think he's getting in.

 

Had both of those retired at that point in their careers, rather than juiced, they might both be in by now. Had they died or been forced from the game by injuries or illness, even more likely.

Instead, they made conscious decisions to cheat. They knew their Hall worthiness would be determined years later but risked it anyway. Said it before, will say it again: Just because a guy is rich and doesn't need the money doesn't mean you don't prosecute him when he robs a bank.

Guys I voted for before and will again this time: Morris, Raines, Trammell.
Guy new to the ballot I'll probably vote for now: Biggio.
Guys I'll wait on deeper into their 15 years of eligibility, to have max info and context: Any alleged or suspected PED user. For me, Year 15 is more important for them than Year 1.

 

You can pick up to ten, right?

My 'ballot':

Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Mike Piazza
Curt Schilling
Larry Walker
Don Mattingly
Mark McGwire
Tim Raines
Bernie Williams
David Wells

It's hard to limit it to 10. I would also vote for Biggio, Sosa, Lofton, Edgar, Bagwell, and Jack Morris.

 

Where are Joe Torre and Tony LaRussa on the ballot?

 

So you know Biggio (and for that matter Morris and Raines and Trammell) didn't take steroids? How do you come by this knowledge?