Comments on: A Hall of Fame voter still needs more information about Barry Bonds’ PED use?

By: manchestermiracle

manchestermiracle — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 07:16:32 +0000

Fawn Liebowitz? The girl in the obituary that Otter uses to get a date with Shelly in the movie Animal House? That Lisa Baur was hot.

By: ronaldjones

ronaldjones — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:35:29 +0000

C’mon Craig. You can voice your opinion on the issue but you don’t have to go after the writer personally

By: jimbo75025

jimbo75025 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:27:37 +0000

Nolan Ryan’s longetivity came from being one of those classic Texas tough guys who wrestled steers in his free time. Unless he started roiding when he went from the Mets to the Angels in the early 70′s? Not like his career magically came back from the dead at 35 to start throwing 90 mph fastballs again. He just kept throwing until his arm finally fell apart then went away.

By: raysfan1

raysfan1 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:52:24 +0000

Charlie Brown’s favorite aspect of Joe Schlabotnik’s play was his ability to make spectacular plays on routine fly balls.

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:45:05 +0000

Dude, I can’t tell if you’re kidding or not. BUT, on the off chance my funny bone is iced up again I’m going to assume you are. With that….

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GfBZmou_4_0/TNc-g2bCZxI/AAAAAAAAABg/EZKnOnuHsA0/s1600/js.jpg

By: mrchainbluelightning

mrchainbluelightning — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:33:17 +0000

Hall of Fame
vs
Hall of Achievement

Some of you insist on making the Hall 100% about #’s.

Foolishness

By: Detroit Michael

Detroit Michael — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:15:16 +0000

Exactly what I was thinking. McGwire waited several years but then gave as sincere an apology as you’ll find. The multi-millionaire wanted to re-enter the game as a hitting coach and came clean. Yet Purdy still won’t vote for him (as mentioned in the last paragraph of the linked article).

With amnesty like that, who needs enemies?

By: makeham98

makeham98 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:53:15 +0000

I wonder how many people here know who Joe Shlabotnik was. Baseball reference has a fine summary of his celebrated career. But this writervstrikes me as the type who thinks Andy Petitte is some sort of hero. And that Nolan Ryan’s longevity was due to advil.

By: fawnliebowitz

fawnliebowitz — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:52:35 +0000

He’s not alone in that sentiment.

By: b453841l

b453841l — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:39:40 +0000

I think Purdy believes that the “amnesty” scenario he proposes actually would accomplish what he says it will in providing the voters with the information to which they don’t currently have access. The only issue is that nobody can offer the type of amnesty–all is forgiven/clean slate–if anyone actually does come clean. In reality, the voters would either 1) not care about any revelations and have voted the player(s) in anyway; 2) say, “see, I knew he was a dirty cheater” and vote him down; or 3) act as Craig points out by saying, “this really helps me make an informed decision, but I’m still unsure if he was actually telling the truth or if he is just trying to appease us.” and continue the hand-wringing.

I really think that Purdy does earnestly want to know who took what and when and how much and all of that, but that he hasn’t really though through how useless the “solution” he proposes is.

By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo

sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:28:32 +0000

Did Schlablotnik pee in your Cheerios? I mean, you keep throwing the dude under the bus and you haven’t even seen any back acne or increased forearm girth, the two tell-tale signs of steroid use.

By: natstowngreg

natstowngreg — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:10:57 +0000

He was one of the best ever at what he did. Never could figure out what he did, but he was among the best ever at it.

By: pjmitch

pjmitch — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:05:29 +0000

Guys,

The HOF jumped the shark a long time ago….Phil Rizzuto, Bobby Doerr, Mazeroski? I mean come on.

By: crispybasil

crispybasil — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:01:36 +0000

“Thanks for coming out. We’re Testicular Atrophy, and this song’s called ‘Shlabotnik’s Revenge.’”

By: shynessismyelguapo

shynessismyelguapo — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:59:29 +0000

I agree that it would be silly…

…but the HOF already doesn’t mean much in those terms. Long before Jim Rice came through the doors, Jim Bottomley, Chick Hafey, Lloyd Waner, Freddie Lindstrom, Catfish Hunter and many many more found their way into Cooperstown.

Rice was a really terrible choice for the Hall, but he is, amazingly enough, pretty far from the worst.

By: 18thstreet

18thstreet — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:54:17 +0000

Shlabotnik may not be first-ballot, but he merits discussion. He was feared.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:51:35 +0000

Wait til Morris gets voted in this year…

By: lionsflyersandredbirds

lionsflyersandredbirds — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:50:40 +0000

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:50:38 +0000

For a one-year period, former players would have the ability to tell the truth about their steroid use with no punishment or ramifications from baseball or the Hall of Fame

Yeah, I thought that too. Fool me one, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me
-Mark McGwire

By: schlom

schlom — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:50:22 +0000

Doesn’t this mean that he’ll never vote for anyone because he has no idea if they took steroids or not? Or only if they were really good like Bonds, Clemens, and McGwire?

By: ireportyoudecide

ireportyoudecide — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:50:08 +0000

Barry Bonds is one of the greatest players of all time. That is all. If he’s not in the hall of fame and Jim Rice is, well then I would say making the hall of fame really doesn’t mean that much anymore.

By: mungman69

mungman69 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:48:16 +0000

Craig don’t like Purdy.