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Hugh_Lebowski

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9. Fair enough, I guess what I'm questioning is whether the 'reported' use is really when it started

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Reply #8)

Tue Jan 25, 2022, 02:24 PM

Jan 2022

And I do think it's not unreasonable for there to be a penalty for having used them for years while still playing.

I'm fine with him getting in, but if the HoF decides not to, I'm not going to view it as a major travesty.

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Column: If Barry Bonds isn't a Hall of Famer by the end of the day, it's a failure by the HOF [View all] Bleacher Creature Jan 2022 OP

Yeah even though I'm from the Bay, I dunno that I'd go this far ... Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2022 #1

He certainly was Casady1 Jan 2022 #7

I think the consensus is that he first started taking PEDs in 1999. Bleacher Creature Jan 2022 #8

Fair enough, I guess what I'm questioning is whether the 'reported' use is really when it started Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2022 #9

But he didn't, and his eligibility should be judged on his *whole* career Fiendish Thingy Jan 2022 #13

Nope madville Jan 2022 #2

Amen! overleft Jan 2022 #3

What are your feelings Casady1 Jan 2022 #6

Be consistent madville Jan 2022 #11

do you know Casady1 Jan 2022 #12

I didn't mention them specifically, you tell me madville Jan 2022 #16

So you basically know nothing Casady1 Jan 2022 #19

Keep your blinders on if you wish madville Jan 2022 #20

I have been following baseball Casady1 Jan 2022 #21

I agree SCantiGOP Jan 2022 #15

No, no he doesn't. n/t ms liberty Jan 2022 #4

* unweird Jan 2022 #5

No fucking way. Bonds, Canseco and McGwire nearly destroyed the sport Fiendish Thingy Jan 2022 #10

How do you feel Casady1 Jan 2022 #14

That's what I don't get either. Bleacher Creature Jan 2022 #18

x1000! Capt. America Feb 2022 #22

Sometimes cheaters don't win. Xoan Jan 2022 #17