2022 Baseball Hall of Fame - tracker

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Fred

I wonder how good Aaron would have been if he had a PED assist. Greenies are amphetamines, not really attributed growth/strength enhancement. The bench mark for HRs could probably be well over 800 if Aaron had PEDs.

That said, Bonds most likely would have hit 500HRs without the PEDs. Bonds is a poster child for what PEDs can do to enhance a career. Bonds without PEDs would have put up HOF numbers, he was just that good. I'm not a Bonds fan, I would be if he didn't lie and try to cover it up. I have much more respect for McGwire because he knew better than to try and BS the public. Look at A-Rod. Wow, only about half the requirement to be enshrined and look at the numbers he put up (oh yeah, another one of those I never used PED guys).

Not sure I am reading your post right, but A Rod admitted it.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Not sure I am reading your post right, but A Rod admitted it.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847

Eventually, yes, but before that, there were plenty of denials.

[Fred]

Peter, that's correct, he did admit it, after he got caught. Kind of like the Palmeiro thing. Notice how many votes Rafael got.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAxo4pCITRM

A-Rod was a beast of a hitter. The one thing he didn't learn was a bit of humility when he was playing with Jeter. Does humility count for HOF voting? It shouldn't but apparently it does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=994hkVav5qM

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Fred

Peter, that's correct, he did admit it, after he got caught. Kind of like the Palmeiro thing. Notice how many votes Rafael got.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAxo4pCITRM

A-Rod was a beast of a hitter. The one thing he didn't learn was a bit of humility when he was playing with Jeter. Does humility count for HOF voting? It shouldn't but apparently it does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=994hkVav5qM

He was a very good defensive player as well IMO. Clearly upper tier all time great in terms of performance. On the whole very unlikeable guy which will not help his cause.

[Mike D.]

When thinking about future ballots, this is interesting…

2,801 votes were cast in 2022 HOF election. Of those, 42.6% went to players who won’t be on ballot next year (elected, aged off, <5%)