I can’t imagine, however, Barry being left out of the HOF. IMO, the HR’s, the walks, the MVP’s, etc. should be enough. Regardless of what an asshole he is, he just did too much not to be voted in.

Palmero, w/ 500 HR AND 3000 hits, is another tough one. Pointing his finger at Congress while denying steroid use 6 weeks before testing positive may kill it for him.

Only time will tell.

“From (commissioner) Bud Selig to Tony (La Russa) to A-Rod to Manny Ramirez to Palmeiro … what a joke.”

Because that just about covers all my baseball hate, sans Barry Bonds & Ryan Braun.

“There’s a lot of finger-pointing by Mark McGwire. He blames it on not being tested and he blames it on the era. Why would you blame baseball for taking steroids?

“That’s like me saying the reason I was drunk driving was because I knew that on this particular highway, they didn’t have anything for me to blow into.”

I never liked Jack Clark when he was playing because I viewed him as an arrogant jerk, and the fact that he seemed to kill the Cubs probably affected my view of him even more. But he sure nailed that one. Amen to everything he said, and for having the guts to say it. Jack, from a Cub fan to a former Cub killer, well said, my friend.

Has really been the most competitive position on the field for the last quarter century. Even .300 hitters with 30/100 seasons weren’t guaranteed All-Star spots. So I don’t think that you’re going to find too many guys — Grace and Clark, for example — who are going to be too happy about this announcement. In fact, I’d expect most are going to be downright pissed.

It’s shame that he thinks we’re all stupid, that he only did (steroids) because of injuries. That’s such a cop-out, such a lie. These guys did (steroids) to take the money to pump up their egos and then take their consequences down the road.

This excerpt is at the real heart of the matter. Does Big Mac and others stay healthy enough in order to break records? That’s why I have a problem with the whole steriod issue; not that I believe it helped their hand-eye coordination, strength of their swing, etc. Every last one of them deserve to be destroyed by players who played the game with dignity and honesty. Imagine all the money lost by “fringe” players over the steriod era?

I was never a big Jack Clark guy. But I respect the hell out of him now. McGwire is a joke, always will be.