Bonds and Beckham

Barry Bonds says that Mark McGwire (and Pete Rose) should be in the Hall of Fame. Well, of course Bonds thinks that McGwire should be there — if McGwire isn't there because he used steroids, then there's no way Bonds will get there. I posted a while ago about McGwire, and how I didn't know whether he should or should not be in the HOF. Well, I think I've made up my mind now — if I had a vote, I would not vote for him.

It's never been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that McGwire took steroids, but this is not a court of law, so there is no set "burden of proof". And even if steroids were not explicitly banned by MLB, the belief by the general public (thanks Ben Johnson) was that those who used steroids were cheaters. McGwire had already retired, and had broken no baseball rules by taking the drugs, so there were no repercussions if he were to admit taking them, but he still stonewalled the US Congressional inquiry and refused to answer any questions. Why? Because he knew that what he had done was wrong. If he had 'fessed up, I might have had a little more compassion, but he cheated and then lied about it. No! No Hall of Fame for you!

I posted before on why Pete Rose should not be in the Hall, so I won't go over that again. I can't think of two more deserving Hall of Famers than Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn, so congrats to them.

So the MLS is all about signing older, used-to-be-good-but-not-so-much-now players for insane amounts money now, is it? Then who better than MLSE to own a franchise in that league? They've been doing that with the Leafs for years.