Pete Rose should be banned and the steroid boys should all be banned with him. If any of them are allowed in the HOF, then you have to lift the ban on Shoeless Joe, Eddie Cicotte and all the rest... :idea:
Getting nabbbed once is enough. You are totally compromised if you are caught once. Rose was only caught once and his playing days were already over at that point. An entire generation of players will be missing from the HOF... Clemens, Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Palmiero, Rodriguez, Pettitte and all the others. One and done.
Hall of Famer Jim Bunning said that all of their records "should be expunged" and I agree with him, but I would go even further. The officiall baseball record book divides history into two eras: before 1893 and after 1893. This was done, because that was the year that the pitcher's box (46") was eliminated and the pitcher's rubber was established at 60' 6" where it remains to this day. I think that all records from 1985-2010 should be placed in a separate category, like the "Pre-1893" stats. :idea:
I dunno...I guess I don't care about the HOF as much as a lot of baseball fans do...but I figure that most (if not all) everyone in baseball knew that this was happening...they screwed up their own HOF. I just can't get all worked up about it. File it under IDGAS.