Doug Glanville: Why I'm OK with Barry Bonds not being elected to the Hall of Fame
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Doug wrote a very interesting article. What he says has merit. There is no way to know for sure but some of those that were hurt by PED use were the journeyman players who were lost their jobs to players who juiced.
There is a lot more to the story read it on the ESPN website.
ESPN link
Doug wrote a very interesting article. What he says has merit. There is no way to know for sure but some of those that were hurt by PED use were the journeyman players who were lost their jobs to players who juiced.
BACK IN 1997, when I was in my second year with the Cubs, I vividly recall watching batting practice when Mark McGwire stepped in the cage for the Cardinals. It was awesome. I saw how far the ball flew, and, like so many of us, I suspended disbelief. It was like watching a good horror movie, before we knew how wrong things could go.
Over time, a cloud of doubt seeped into clubhouses. Suspicion about whether that teammate beating you out is playing fair. Records became mere placeholders. Every home run hit a little too far brought a hitter's integrity into question. We stopped trusting the game, and, worse, we lost our sense of awe in it. Even as the fans came back post-strike, it was still eroding.
For weeks before the vote was announced, I imagined watching a parade of PED players walk up to the podium to tell us about their journey, knowing they represent a force that accelerated the demise of so many players who played it straight. Congratulations?
It was the same powerlessness I felt facing an opponent who had an unfair advantage. But this time, it was mixed with the disorientation of having no idea where to direct that frustration. I could no longer take it out on a baseball. Instead, I could only swing at ghosts.
There is a lot more to the story read it on the ESPN website.