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Originally Posted by perezfan
I've been wondering the exact same thing. These conversations always seem to stall out, as there are clearly 2 "camps" when it comes to the 'Roiders getting inducted...
The first camp wants to ignore the players' decisions to use steroids. They focus on whether the player had HOF stats (or was on a HOF trajectory) prior to his steroid use. That is their determining factor.
The second camp considers their steroid use a "non-starter" regardless of how good the player was prior to using. The fact that they even turned to steroids voids their eligibility, and removes their right to be inducted into the Hall.
When these two separate factions argue their cases, it usually goes nowhere because of the philosophical differences in their ideology. So it will be interesting to see which faction wins out. If Bonds and Clemens do get in, I would surmise that A-Rod, Palmeiro, McGwire, Sosa (and probably Sheffield) eventually will as well.
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Kinda a third camp. Those that can't figure out why when everyone has always cheated and/or done PEDS why they are only focusing on a few "select" players over a very short time frame. I also can't figure out why Tony Gwynn is never brought up as his insane increase in performance in his mid/late 30s was every bit as impressive as Mr Bonds was. Oh that's right Tony took extra batting practice.LOL