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Sports Central
May 24, 2011
Brad Oremland |
Re-Thinking Zero Tolerance For Steroids We don't have to accept steroid use in baseball, and we probably shouldn't accept it. But there has to be a line. And I think zero tolerance is too strict a standard.   |
AskMen.com
Malcolm MacMillan |
Top 10: Future MLB Hall of Famers Baseball today may be tainted by steroid allegations, but it's also filled with players who are among the best ever. Check out our list of top 10 future MLB Hall of Famers. |
Sports Central
January 17, 2014
Brad Oremland |
The Hall of Fame, the BBWAA, and the Steroid Era If you care at all about the Baseball Hall of Fame, the election results released last week made you somewhat happy. |
Sports Central
January 10, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
It's Past Time to Fix the Hall of Fame Voting The good news on the Hall of Fame front: Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine are the first teammates to go into the Hall of Fame together on their first try. |
Sports Central
January 10, 2013
Kevin Beane |
Steroids, Character, and the Hall of Fame Good job, Hall of Fame voters. I'm not sure whether or not to keep off-the-field villains out of the Hall or not, but please continue to keep baseball cheaters out of the baseball Hall of Fame. Thank you. |
Sports Central
May 14, 2009
Bijan C. Bayne |
Time For MLB to Man Up on Records Which sluggers from this period merit election to Cooperstown? The Manny Ramirez mess only serves to further muddy these waters. |
Sports Central
May 13, 2014
Andrew Jones |
Active MLB Players' HOF Chances Major League Baseball's active list of potential Hall of Fame careers appears relatively clean. Let's turn over a new leaf and look at some worthy active candidates. |
Sports Central
December 3, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
Why McGwire Belongs in Cooperstown There's not a single reason to keep Mark McGwire out of the Baseball Hall of Fame. |
Salon.com
July 24, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
Who's going to Cooperstown? Considering the definitelys, the probables and those intriguing maybes. |
Sports Central
January 13, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
A Hall Election and Nobody's Coming The Baseball Writers Association of America ended up electing nobody to the Hall of Fame. And I'm not sure which, among factors gaining serious discussion as the voting commenced and, at last, the results came in, may prove the most controversial of them all. |
Sports Central
May 22, 2007
Paul Tenorio |
Should Barry Bonds Be a Hall of Famer? Barry Bonds surely had Hall of Fame numbers before the steroid controversy erupted. So does his alleged steroid use change the picture -- and should it? |
Sports Central
August 8, 2007
Bijan C. Bayne |
In Bonds, Did We Create a Longball Monster? The most revered and memorized individual record in sport is tainted. |
Sports Central
January 10, 2008
Sean Crowe |
The Obligatory "Jim Rice HOF Snub" Column Another year goes by and once again, the Baseball Writers' Association of America proves they lack the metal prowess required to elect baseball players to the Hall of Fame. |
Sports Central
April 10, 2006
Adam Russell |
Bonds, Rose Deserve Similar Punishment A number of comparisons can be drawn between the current Bonds situation and Pete Rose's of the late 1980s. One of them is the argument regarding the game's "integrity." |
Sports Central
July 18, 2005
Piet Van Leer |
Palmeiro a Worthy Hall Inductee? What do you think earns a player induction into Baseball's Hall of Fame? Is it dominance and brightest star power? Rafael Palmeiro is an interesting case. |
Sports Central
April 16, 2005
Greg Wyshynski |
Survey Says: Steroids Don't Matter The Associated Press and AOL Sports polled 1,001 adults about their thoughts on professional baseball today. The results are interesting, if not startling. |
Sports Central
June 1, 2009
Brad Oremland |
No, ESPN, Steroids Still Aren't Okay ESPN The Magazine has published a piece that goes further. Zev Chafets argues that steroids are as wholesome as apple pie. |
Sports Central
August 15, 2005
Vince Grzegorek |
Rafael Palmeiro: Hall of Famer? The numbers may say one thing, but the chemicals say another. There is little to no chance that he will ever garner enough votes to enter the Hall of Fame. |
Sports Central
November 16, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
HOF Ballot: The Holdovers The holdover Hall of Fame ballot entrants are both an interesting and a troublesome group, largely because the recent rule changes limiting a Baseball Writers Association of America candidate to ten years on the ballot. |
Sports Illustrated
July 30, 2002
Frank Deford |
Smelling like a Rose Each year Pete Rose gets more sympathy and more visibility than the last. Frank Deford explains why baseball has only its nonsensical Hall of Fame ban to blame |
Sports Central
September 26, 2005
Chris Cornell |
Baseball's Big Embarrassment If those in charge of the sport don't change what is happening to their game in an appropriate manner, they will lose their fan base permanently. |
Sports Central
March 22, 2005
Andre Watson |
McGwire Loses in Court of Public Opinion For a person who seemed larger-than-life while he was on the baseball diamond, Mark McGwire's poor performance at the congressional hearing on steroid use in baseball will have a lasting effect on his legacy. |
Sports Central
February 25, 2009
Bill Hazell |
A-Rod and the Steroid Era It seems that many want to pretend that they were not surprised by the admission of one Alex Rodriguez that he injected steroids |
Salon.com
July 26, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
Last call for the Hall Readers have their say about which players should make it to Cooperstown. Last of three parts. |
| AskMen.com |
Ramirez Suspended For Drug Violation Ramirez is the most prominent suspended under the drug policy players and owners put in place seven years ago. |
Salon.com
March 31, 2001
Allen Barra |
Everything you know is wrong The major leagues are more competitive than ever, small-market teams can compete, and home runs and giant salaries aren't ruining the game. Plus: Who's going to Cooperstown? |
Sports Central
January 27, 2009
Jeff Kallman |
Cooperstown Calling Commentary about recent Hall of Fame selections. |
Sports Illustrated
June 15, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Putting stock in Bonds' MVP chances Let's start out with a couple of questions about the guy who's really been the best hitter in the National League so far. Hint: it's not Sosa or Rey Ordonez. |
Sports Central
August 9, 2005
Eric Poole |
Rafael in Bushworld Rafael Palmeiro is telling the truth when he says he never intentionally took steroids, or at least that's what President Bush thinks -- even though the notion that any professional athlete would ingest or inject something into his body without knowing exactly what is in it strains credulity. |
Sports Central
February 27, 2009
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: A-Rod: HG "H" For "Honesty" Coming "clean" has never been so dirty. |
Sports Central
January 17, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
The Dutchman and Other HOF Thoughts Well, now. I no longer have to apologize for championing Bert Blyleven as a Hall of Famer, which I've done for about the previous decade. He finally made it in his final try with the Baseball Writers Association of America. |
AskMen.com
Phil Helm |
Top 10: Outrageous Hall Of Fame Exclusions The following is a list of 10 athletes who were outrageously exluded from their respective sports hall of fames. |
Sports Central
April 7, 2005
Vincent Musco |
Bonds Leaves Us Feeling Confused Barry Bonds is positioned to break Babe Ruth's home run record but other issues such as steroid use cloud his image. |
Sports Illustrated
January 10, 2002
Frank Deford |
Real vs. Reel Today's stars compete with mystique of past greats... |
Sports Central
January 20, 2010
Ross Lancaster |
The Hall of Why As you probably already know, a couple of weeks ago, Andre Dawson was announced as the only player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year. |
Sports Central
January 8, 2005
Greg Wyshynski |
Sandbaging Sandbergs The author says he is also consistent when it comes to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He remains, as always, the Cooperstown Nazi. his Hall of Fame would have about 25% of the players currently enshrined. |
Salon.com
December 12, 2002
King Kaufman |
Bring back Charlie Hustle Pete Rose is unrepentant and unapologetic, but so what? He's done his time -- and forgiveness is the American way. |
AskMen.com
Bob Warja |
Andre Dawson Enters The Hall Of Fame In an era when many MLB all-time records have been tarnished due to steroid and performance-enhancing drug allegations, this weekend marks a time when we can celebrate a guy who did things clean. |
Sports Illustrated
May 3, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Meaningless milestones Baseball's 'magic numbers' don't mean what they used to... |
Sports Central
August 3, 2005
Bijan C. Bayne |
The Steroid Storm: Plausible Denial? A picture is taking shape in baseball that makes sense of the decade since the 1994 strike. The power surge, the nagging injuries, and so on. Yes, the picture is coming into focus, and it's ugly |
Sports Central
May 15, 2009
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Manny Ramirez' Ball Tales Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Manny Ramirez, recently suspended for testing positive for a banned drug, said the drugs were prescribed by a physician for a "personal health issue." Should we buy Ramirez' explanation? |
Salon.com
July 25, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
Hall of Fame hurlers After Clemens and Maddux, which active pitchers are on their way to Cooperstown? |
Sports Central
September 7, 2005
Matt Thomas |
Stretch Run is Full of Hidden Gems As the sun sets on the 2005 Major League Baseball season, a little retrospection is appropriate. |
Sports Central
March 26, 2005
Greg Wyshynski |
Sports Media's Steroid Hypocrisy Today's sports pundits have more in common with Major League Baseball's braintrust than they'd like to admit -- they all placed their heads in the sand just deep enough to play blind to the sport's steroid subculture while still being able to hear the cash register ring. |
Sports Central
August 17, 2005
Josh Frank |
Baseball's Numbers Game: One For the Record In the midst of the latest steroid scandals, baseball has found its record books being threatened. But this isn't the first time those records have come under assault by a changing game. |
Sports Central
August 31, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
Unaccountability Leaves Cloud Over MLB As long as positive drug test results can be dismissed by players, doubted in the headlines, and penalties to players so meager, Major League Baseball will continue to have a public relations cloud over its head. |
Sports Central
August 20, 2005
Daniel Collins |
The National League Scorecard Comments on Rafael Palmeiro's Hall of Fame credentials, Sammy Sosa's lackluster statistics, the wild card race, and the performance of the National League West. |
Outside
October 2004 |
Halls of Fame: A List of the World's Best Our favorite shrines to greatness: International Swimming Hall of Fame... U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame... International Surfing Hall of Fame... U.S. Ski Hall of Fame... etc. |
Sports Central
August 6, 2009
Sean Crowe |
The 2003 Steroid List is Ruining Baseball Release the entire 2003 steroid list, let everyone react, then let everyone move on. Just close your eyes and rip off the Band-Aid. |
Sports Central
January 9, 2014
Kevin Beane |
Baseball HOF Writer Makes it About Himself I haven't written about any HOF issues because they are way down my list of interesting sports matters at any given time, except for Pete Rose. |
