Hall of Fame

Well as everyone knows, the Baseball Writers Association did not elect anyone this year for the Hall of Fame. There were many fine candidates this year but they all fell just short of making it. Including the man I think deserves it the most, Craig Biggio.

This man was rather annoying to the Cardinals back in the day because he helped the Houston Astros make the Cardinals fight for the division title. It was a good thing but none of us liked him for it. But aside from that he was a great player. He was such a good guy and a great player that he deserves to be elected! He was in the steroid era but he was one of the few big names that did not do steroids and deserves to be rewarded for that!

Speaking of the steroid era, as the years pass by we are now getting the steroid users are becoming eligible to be elected into the Hall of Fame. The question remains: Do we celebrate our accomplishments or do we punish them for their abuse of steroids? I do not know where I stand on this issue. Guys like Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, brought baseball to a generation, my generation. They made baseball fun to watch during the home run chase of '98 but should they be rewarded for using steroids to do what they did? Now I do believe even tho Barry Bonds broke the home run record set by Mark McGwire, I do believe he should be punished for using steroids. It became obvious about him since he did after the steroid trials and everything the other players went through.

Now my question is, since I believe we should punish Bonds, should we punish the rest of these men? If we punish one do we have to punish all of them? I mean we need to set an example since we just found one more guy this summer doing steroids or other performance enhancing drugs. I think it needs to be done because obviously these players these days aren't learning anything from the guys before them.

Now I appreciate Mark McGwire because he came forward about his abuse of the drugs and admitted what he had done. Many of the other guys have denied it even tho it is blatantly obvious. Look what McGwire has done since then. He has turned his life around. He became a coach for the Cardinals and helped many Cardinals immeasurably to turn their batting around. David Freese gives all his credit to help from McGwire, and apparently Skip Schumaker also worked with McGwire personally. So as we can see McGwire has turned his life around and is helping todays players, which I think he deserves to go to the Hall of Fame. The other steroid users? I'm not sure but if there is a case for them I would be happy to hear it, so please message me and let me know.

I thought since this is the big news around baseball these days I would bring it up and give my thoughts but I want to hear yours too! Please message me here, Facebook or Twitter! Also don't forget to let me know if you support the campaign to bring the DH to the National League! Thanks guys!!

~Emily
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