First Hall of Famer with a PED suspension?

[rats60]

Originally Posted by jayshum

I don't see the writers voting in A Rod and given what happened with Bonds and Clemens with the veteran's committee, that seems unlikely for A Rod as well.

I think ARod has a decent chance to get elected by the writers. I don't see any steroid user ever get in by the Veterans committee. Former players who were cheated by steroid users make up a lot of the membership of the Veterans committees. Less than 4 votes for Bonds and Clemens while they were at 65%+ on the writers ballots.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by rats60

I think ARod has a decent chance to get elected by the writers. I don't see any steroid user ever get in by the Veterans committee. Former players who were cheated by steroid users make up a lot of the membership of the Veterans committees. Less than 4 votes for Bonds and Clemens while they were at 65%+ on the writers ballots.

I think they were afraid of Frank Thomas.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by rats60

I think ARod has a decent chance to get elected by the writers. I don't see any steroid user ever get in by the Veterans committee. Former players who were cheated by steroid users make up a lot of the membership of the Veterans committees. Less than 4 votes for Bonds and Clemens while they were at 65%+ on the writers ballots.

While the opinion of new BBWAA voters toward PED usage may be different from writers that lived through it, ARod was at 35% his first 2 years on the ballot so he has a lot of votes he needs to pick up in the next 8 years to get voted in. Also, I have read many writers who indicate that they distinguish between the time before and after testing was implemented and whether a player was suspended or failed a test. While that can change over time, it also doesn't help ARod.