50 Most Hated Players of All Time (good read)

[Misunderestimated]

from the Astros scandal ... I guess it will take a while to play out and it depends on who is doing the hating - fans, other players, media etc.
Cheating is weird that way. People hate different kinds of cheaters differently and view different kinds of cheating differently over time. We sometimes defend our own "cheaters" (NE Patriots fans??)
Looking Back:
John McGraw "cheated" but he was considered sharp and brilliant
Gaylord Perry and Phil Niekro cheated but they made the HOF... Also people don't really hate them; they were "crafty" and clever pitchers.

More recently the PED scandals created a different kind of cheating and hatred:

People loved Manny, Big Mac and Sammy, but they don't any more. 550+ homers and no HOF for any of them.

Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are NOT in the HOF either ... a lot of people really really hate them even though they are statistical giants and among the best ever(1).

Meanwhile it seems like everyone (except J-LO) hates AROD ... even Yankee fans...


We'll see what happens to Altuve -- who everyone loved... but now? What was he hiding under his jersey when he won?
The great Carlos Beltran was one his way to manage the Mets and probably Cooperstown. Now does he have to go hang out with Rafael Palmeiro or something?

The Astros manager was a genius, and the GM too, but now they banned and unemployed ... so is Cora. And it's not over....

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(1) - Larry Walker might get in next week though