01-11-2013, 02:36 PM
The problem for me is, you have people like Fred McGriff with nearly 500 home runs and nearly 3,000 hits, and he did not juice. But his stats pale in comparison with the McGwires and Palmeiros and Bondses who did juice, and Fred's not in. And what about Dale Murphy? Same era, nearly 400 HRs and over 2,000 hits, five Gold Gloves and seven All-Star appearances, the heart and soul of a very good Atlanta team, and he's not in.
Even if the juice adds only 10 feet to a hit--even if it's only five feet-- that's the difference between a warning track out and a home run. The juice makes a lot of long fly balls into home runs and it makes stars out of people who would ordinarily be very good but not special players (Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa). Clemens and Bonds would probably have gone into the Hall of Fame anyway, probably on the first ballot. They should never have cheated.
Even if the juice adds only 10 feet to a hit--even if it's only five feet-- that's the difference between a warning track out and a home run. The juice makes a lot of long fly balls into home runs and it makes stars out of people who would ordinarily be very good but not special players (Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa). Clemens and Bonds would probably have gone into the Hall of Fame anyway, probably on the first ballot. They should never have cheated.