SoDo Mojo » National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum http://sodomojo.com A Seattle Mariners Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Steroids and Keeping Players out of the MLB Hall of Fame http://sodomojo.com/2013/01/29/steroids-and-keeping-players-out-of-the-mlb-hall-of-fame/ http://sodomojo.com/2013/01/29/steroids-and-keeping-players-out-of-the-mlb-hall-of-fame/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:18:41 +0000 Ronda Bowen http://sodomojo.com/?p=10151

July 23, 2011; Opa Locka FL, USA; A wall of hall of fame photos are seen at the professional baseball academy. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports

In the poll I posted on Sodo Mojo this month, I asked the question, “Should Former Steroid Users be Disqualified from the MLB Hall of Fame?” The response was an overall “yes” with 77% of the vote (142) vs. the 23% (43) “no” votes for a total of 185 votes.

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It turns out that no one was voted into the Hall of Fame this year. In fact, this was the first time since 1996 that no one was elected to the HoF – not even beloved Seattle Mariner Edgar Martinez. When one looks at the voting list, however, it’s not hard to see why the vote didn’t give anyone this top baseball honor. Several of the nominees were linked to performance enhancing drugs during the big steroid scandal. These players included Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire (imagine how devastated I, a long-time McGuire for the Oakland Athletics fan, was when I found out that he was linked to PEDs. I mean, my nickname when I played first base and right field for my little league team was “Stretch McGuire.), Rodger Clemens,  and Sammy Sosa, to name a few.  (more…)

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