Let's talk about Hall of Fame candidates who have been "neglected"

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by SD

Just presumed steroid users like Piazza & Bagwell.
Didn't Caminiti claim that at least 50% of the league used anabolic steroids in 01?
Does cocaine help enhance one's performance? Raines & Jenkins admitted to openly using during games.
Ted Williams, Mike Schmidt & Chipper Jones admitted to using greenies before and during games. Mays reportedly took liquid amphetamines while with the Mets. Sounds fairly similar to McGwire's Andro use. Which wasnt banned at the time.
Selig banned Greenies in 05. So amphetamines, a known performance enhancer was commonly available in baseball since the end of WW2. How many immortals where users during this time? It's hard to believe it was a small number.
What about adderal or ritalin?
Tanozolol, which Palmeiro tested positive for was comonly found in beef for years qnd still runs rampant in Mexico. He has never admitted to using and wasn't charged with perjury after testing positive because they couldn't prove that he maliciously took it.
I have no doubt he was a user, but I also believe there is definitely abusers in the hall.
That being said, its hard to blame any of the abusers for their actions. The window of opportunity they have to make money is so small. Of course there will be boundary pushers.

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Palmeiro tested positive some time after testifying so by itself it wouldn't have undermined his testimony, right?

The anti-steroid guys always argue amphetamines were different because they were not banned and because they didn't change the body (or variations on that theme).

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I'm not saying he's a HOFer but Wes Ferrell might get a second look in a post-Ohtani world. What he was able to do with the bat was pretty incredible too. He was a monster in 1935. Led the league in wins and hit 347 with 7 homers and a 960 OPS.