Firstly, how can you retroactively find someone guilty for something that wasn't illegal at the time? Secondly, to unfairly place everybody that played in the "Steroid Era" into an "ineligible" category would be doing a great disservice to not only the sport, but the "clean" ones as well. Lastly, seven.. SEVEN.. Cy Young Awards. If he was playing on a level playing field, as so many have been quick to judge the entirety of baseball, he was still the best and should be rewarded as such.
Chris - 12 years ago
People who say his stats pre steroids (ron) should put him in the hall of fame are not to bright if anybody deserved to go the hall of fame cause of stats before steroids is barry he won seven gold gloves and an mvp over a 300 batting average best player in baseball also steroids does not help your batting avaerage so its a joke that mcguire is batting coach when he was a horrible hitter if barry is guilty why would an arrogant guy like clemens not be .Why Race and a double standards and racist bigits
robert - 12 years ago
Our tax $ did not pay Roger's salary. However it does the attorney gen, we should be more concerned with the laws they (politicians) break.... And cut out their lifetime salary if they are found to be dirty.
Roy - 12 years ago
Come on, get serious. Rules are Rules and Fair is Fair. I bet Pete Rose didn't gamble over the entire duration of his career but he is not allow to be a Hall of Famer.
Bruce - 12 years ago
No one of the steroid generation should be in the Hall of Fame! Maris's record should still stand as should the homerun record of Ruth and Aaron. No asterick, just out!
MANNY - 12 years ago
Investigation for violations of MLB Rules should be left to baseball not the Attorney General.
A mans lifelong stellar career has been smudged by these an Attorney General who is himself the most selective enforcer of the law. The mans record speaks for itself, There is a presumption of innocence and he has been acquitted. Your vote should now onle governed by his record and not your speculation.
Ron - 12 years ago
My guess is that Mr. Clemens didn't start injecting until well into his 30's as a means of prolonging his career. If true, and unlike Bonds, Sosa, etc., his pre-steroid use stats were Hall-worthy, IMHO. Vote him in, but not first ballot.
Billy - 12 years ago
IF he used, he used at a time when it was rampant. Right or wrong it balanced the table. During the time when it was clear he was not using, he was still dominant. He belongs in the hall. I'm not a Clemens fan as most of his career he was not a Yankee but I have to respect what he accomplished.
Tom - 12 years ago
If you can't figure out he was using drugs, you shouldn't be voting
fenwayfran - 12 years ago
Clemens should be judged by his baseball record. This whole trial was a waste of time and money.
am_underground - 12 years ago
He watched the same guy who injected him inject his wife, don't tell me he didn't do drugs. Stupid prosecutors couldn't convict with that type of evidence then they deserved to lose.
mike - 12 years ago
All records from 1994 - 2000 should be stricken from the books. This black period in baseball has to be recognized and isolated as it tarnishes the validity of all records prior to 1994.
Firstly, how can you retroactively find someone guilty for something that wasn't illegal at the time? Secondly, to unfairly place everybody that played in the "Steroid Era" into an "ineligible" category would be doing a great disservice to not only the sport, but the "clean" ones as well. Lastly, seven.. SEVEN.. Cy Young Awards. If he was playing on a level playing field, as so many have been quick to judge the entirety of baseball, he was still the best and should be rewarded as such.
People who say his stats pre steroids (ron) should put him in the hall of fame are not to bright if anybody deserved to go the hall of fame cause of stats before steroids is barry he won seven gold gloves and an mvp over a 300 batting average best player in baseball also steroids does not help your batting avaerage so its a joke that mcguire is batting coach when he was a horrible hitter if barry is guilty why would an arrogant guy like clemens not be .Why Race and a double standards and racist bigits
Our tax $ did not pay Roger's salary. However it does the attorney gen, we should be more concerned with the laws they (politicians) break.... And cut out their lifetime salary if they are found to be dirty.
Come on, get serious. Rules are Rules and Fair is Fair. I bet Pete Rose didn't gamble over the entire duration of his career but he is not allow to be a Hall of Famer.
No one of the steroid generation should be in the Hall of Fame! Maris's record should still stand as should the homerun record of Ruth and Aaron. No asterick, just out!
Investigation for violations of MLB Rules should be left to baseball not the Attorney General.
A mans lifelong stellar career has been smudged by these an Attorney General who is himself the most selective enforcer of the law. The mans record speaks for itself, There is a presumption of innocence and he has been acquitted. Your vote should now onle governed by his record and not your speculation.
My guess is that Mr. Clemens didn't start injecting until well into his 30's as a means of prolonging his career. If true, and unlike Bonds, Sosa, etc., his pre-steroid use stats were Hall-worthy, IMHO. Vote him in, but not first ballot.
IF he used, he used at a time when it was rampant. Right or wrong it balanced the table. During the time when it was clear he was not using, he was still dominant. He belongs in the hall. I'm not a Clemens fan as most of his career he was not a Yankee but I have to respect what he accomplished.
If you can't figure out he was using drugs, you shouldn't be voting
Clemens should be judged by his baseball record. This whole trial was a waste of time and money.
He watched the same guy who injected him inject his wife, don't tell me he didn't do drugs. Stupid prosecutors couldn't convict with that type of evidence then they deserved to lose.
All records from 1994 - 2000 should be stricken from the books. This black period in baseball has to be recognized and isolated as it tarnishes the validity of all records prior to 1994.
Not my kind of Hall of Famer...