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Mark Burkelet's not forget that of the top 30 HOFers, in terms of LT B.A., only 5 were modern players if you count Musial and Williams. And, until last week, no modern player except for Williams was even in the top 20. I'm not saying any of those players used anything although it is possible some used amphetamines. They were not banned but that doesn't mean the players performance was not enhanced in some way. There were other, more obvious reasons why some of them did better than modern players but I don't accept the premise that they were just plain better hitters in those days. What other sport could you say that about?
Bottom line is there is already too much subjectivity in the voting process and by speculating about who took what, it makes it even worse. Some people get bigger over time. Does that mean they took steroids? If so, we must have a lot of Americans taking steroids. Maybe it isn't all those Big Mac's after all.
Baseball turned the other way and they need to step up and be accountable for creating this mess. It is faaaaaaaaaaaaaar worse in football and what do you hear about the NFL HOF?? The reason it is so visible in baseball is you have very sacred records held by players most people knew nothing about but they were revered like gods and the thought of having someone as despicable (to some) as Barry Bonds break one of these records is more than they can take.
So, like I said, draw the line in the sand and make it clear that going forward, none of this will be tolerated and the first offense means you're automatically banned from the HOF voting.