OT: McGwire finally comes clean

[Jim VB]

I find the McGwire discussion a little silly. I wouldn't vote him into the HOF. Period. Not because he used steroids. But because he's a lifetime .260 hitter. I would also not vote for Jose Canseco or Dave Kingman. They were purely one dimensional players and not HOFers in my book.

[Abravefan11]

Jim - I think that's the best point made in the thread so far.

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by calvindog

He's a victim. He didn't take the steroids for strength purposes. God. It's his lawyers' fault.

Now when will that other ignoramus Sosa sort of confess?

Jeff. "Ignoramus" is one of the all-time underrated words. Nice call.

Originally Posted by rdwyer

Oh, I get it. It was a Cardinal sin, right?

An absolutely beauty of a pun!

Originally Posted by Buythatcard

As far as I am concerned, asterisk or no asterisk, Roger Maris still holds the record for the most home runs in a season by a non steroid user.

I concur.

Originally Posted by Jim VB

I find the McGwire discussion a little silly. I wouldn't vote him into the HOF. Period. Not because he used steroids. But because he's a lifetime .260 hitter. I would also not vote for Jose Canseco or Dave Kingman. They were purely one dimensional players and not HOFers in my book.

Jim. Using the .260 BA as your criteria. What is your position on Killebrew (.258) ?

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by thekingofclout

Jim. Using the .260 BA as your criteria. What is your position on Killebrew (.258) ?

Here's the list, that Baseball Reference uses, of players comparable to McGwire. It's a very interesting list.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/fr...mcgwima01:Mark McGwire&st=career&compage=&age=

Of this entire list, only McCovey and Killebrew are in the HOF. You could make a case that those guys hit their HR's back in the day that 40 in a season, and/or 500 in a career meant something.

However, I'd have to say that, using my criteria, they're both borderline guys. I do think Harmon was more deserving than McCovey though.