2) I dislike the roiders as well, but I guarantee you some are already in the Hall, and even a lot of classic players like Ruth used early versions of roids(sheep testicle extract for instance). However at the end of the day they did not impact the game to the degree that gambling has, which nearly ruined the sport a century ago. Yes they tainted some records, but so did cocaine in the 80′s, greenies in the 60′s and 70′s, and so on. Its bad, and I do not mind leaving them out of enshrinement, but they are not nearly as bad as those who compromised the sport as a whole, the gamblers.

3) If you have thought you can ever compare numbers between eras in baseball then you do not understand baseball eras. How can one possibly compare straight up the dead ball era of the teens to the live ball era of the 20′s? By your standard, hitters all sucked one decade, then were awesome the next. Fact is a lot of things changed beyond the players that affected how the game was played. This has happened repeatedly throughout baseball, and is why advanced statistics correct for era as well as park, player and position. Nothing the roiders did affected the ability to compare eras, they were never comparable.

Frack the Dodges. GO REDS. (Big Red Machine, GREATEST EVER!)

You just have to look at soccer to see a sport infected with gambling and fixing. Sorry, Mr. Rose, you were a great player, and fine, have an exhibit in Cooperstown. But no plaque for you, nope!

my opinion is a Dynasty should be defined by championships.

Montreal Canadians
Islanders
Yankees
Reds
Oakland-Catfish and Reggie
Cowboys
New England * caught cheating
Lakers
Celtics

I probably left out a few, but you see my point.

On another note Pete Rose does not deserve to ever disgrace the Hall of Shame of MLB. The young morons who don’t know what Pete did wrong are all wrong saying he should be forgiven. Pete was a habitual gambler who was given three chances and all three time he screwed up and broke his deal to clean up his gambling ways on pro baseball. If MLB allows this habitual gambling criminal into the Hall of Shame then MLB will prove that it is the most corrupt pro sport in the world.

Go Dodgers!!!

I wasn’t disagreeing with you at all just making a general point. In addition you know I’m not a Yankee fan. I would ecstatic if my team made it to the big dance four years in a row. As a Mets, Devils, Steelers and Knicks fan I’ve always cherished any accomplishment the teams have made.

While what the Bills did was remarkable by fan standards. Sports lore views the Bills as a team who choked four times in a row. In some forums I saw that uttered about the Texas Rangers which in my opinion don’t view as fair. The general definition of dynasty is multiple league championships in a short amount of time. Currently the only team that has a legit shot at that are the SF Giants.

And I believe mrfloyd missed your sarcasm, then missed the fact that the Dodgers actually won two playoff series(2008 and 2009).

Money doesn’t help in the draft anymore with the new rules and if they are in indeed going to be abusing their $ advantage in free agency, they will be without a first round pick (and probably 2nd..and the money attached to those picks) pretty much every year.

They will be good for sure but dynasties are built with extremely productive farm systems churning out guys in their PRIME. If anything, the presence of the Dodgers’ spending will just motivate teams to lock up their young superstars even quicker, meaning fewer and fewer high impact free agents will be available in their prime years.

A powerful group(Dodgers) that maintains it’s position(losing) for a considerable time(1999-2013 and beyond). So yes, in the literal sense, the Dodgers are a dynasty.