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Originally Posted by clydepepper
Announcement is 1/23/24 @ 6PM
Gary Sheffield just reached 75% (so far) on his 10th and final ballot - I know he was on the Mitchell Report as having a FedEx receipt to BALCO- will this be the tip of the iceberg...and they let everyone in?
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Unfortunately, I don't think Sheffield opens the floodgates for the likes of Bonds, Clemens, A-Rod, Ramirez, etc. The voters use all sorts of half-baked rationalizations to treat some PED users differently from others.
Sheffield was in the infamous Mitchell Report. Says he did it but didn't know what he was taking. Forgiven.
Ortiz tested positive during a 2003 pilot program, but details are scarce and he didn't test positive after 2004. Free pass.
Pudge Rodriguez was asked if he tested positive in 2003 and cryptically said, "Only God knows." Other players accused him of using steroids, but there was no hard evidence. Free pass.
Bagwell admitted to using andro before it was illegal, which means his career was certainly aided by PEDs. He never admitted to using or tested positive for PEDs
while they were banned, but he played in that era and certainly looked the part. Free pass.