Why Jayson Stark Is Wrong About Alex Rodriguez and Steroids

So if that's true, think of where this sport almost certainly will find itself 15 years from now:

The all-time hits leader (Mr. Peter E. Rose) won't be in the Hall of Fame.

Then put him in the Hall of Fame, jerk!

Here's a classy move: tell Pete Rose that if he comes clean about gambling on baseball you'll reinstate him.

Then when he does what you've asked, go back on your word.

The all-time home run leader (assuming that's where A-Rod's highway leads him) won't be in the Hall of Fame.

Why not?  How come all of the other players who took steroids aren't on pace to set the record, but he is?


The man who broke Hank Aaron's career record (Barry Bonds) won't be in the Hall.

One of the best 10 ballplayers of all time isn't going into the Hall of Fame?  Why again?

Oh yeah: because the voters are self-righteous tightwads that allow the unfortunate trends of an era in sports to blind them from true greatness. 

The man who broke Roger Maris' single-season record (Mark McGwire) won't be in the Hall.

The man who was once the winningest right-handed pitcher of the live-ball era (Roger Clemens) won't be in the Hall.

The man with the most 60-homer seasons in baseball history (Sammy Sosa) doesn't look like he's headed for the Hall, either.

The Hall of Fame won't be the Hall of Fame without these three individuals, period. (To his credit, Stark did vote for Big Mac in 2007).

And who knows who's next? Who knows what other names are lurking on that list of seized urine samples? Who knows whose career and reputation will be fed through the shredder in the next big scoop? And the next? And the next?

In all likelihood, the majority of the superstars who played during this era of homerun ball were juicing.

Instead of banning them all from Cooperstown, why not just induct those who excelled above the rest?  Isn't that the logical thing to do?

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