The Most Controversial Hall Of Fame Ballot In Years Featuring Alex Rodriguez!
I’ve been going crazy not having a the usual winter routine. There’s no Hot Stove. The signings and trades are on pause thanks to the lockout and I’ve been going crazy. Then I realized, well I could just focus on this years Hall of Fame class and that’s when it hit me like a ton of bricks…..
The most controversial and scandalous Hall of Fame ballot of my life is here. Remember when Derek Jeter received 396 out of 397 votes in his first year on the ballot? You also can’t forget about guys like Mariano Rivera, Cal Ripken Jr, Ken Griffey Jr and Greg Maddux. Those were no-brainers. Those were the easy votes. Those days are gone.
Now welcome to the world of the steroid ballot era. There are 30 players on this years ballot, and nearly a third of them are tied to steroid use. Let that one sink in. You know the names forever tied to steroids: Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Manny Ramirez and…..Alex Rodriguez just to name a few. Yeah, now we get to talk about A-Rod again.
It’s the age old debate that will never go away. How do you weigh in on this logically? Do you vote for any of them at all? If so, how do you separate and justify the ones that you do pass through to the hall?
A lot of baseball writers that I interact with will say that their vote is determined by baseball’s timeline. It is the fine line in the sand that can’t be crossed. In 2003 MLB conducted a drug survey after MLB players agreed to it in an effort to determine if a need for a firm drug policy was needed. If more than 5% of the tests came back positive then mandatory drug testing and penalties for infractions would begin in 2004. Spoiler alert….more than 5% came back positive which brought us down the road to the system MLB currently uses.
So if a player was punished or suspended after MLB implemented its drug policy after the 2004 season, that is the deciding factor for a lot of writers. That could be bad news for repeat offenders like Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez who is eligible for the first time this year.
I think Alex sabotaged himself on this one. Is it possible that he EVENTUALLY years down the road gets elected into the hall? Sure. Someone was dumb enough to vote against Jeter so I can see someone voting for Alex but that would be a real tragedy for the game.
But that’s just my take on it.
Source: http://bleedingyankeeblue.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-most-controversial-hall-of-fame.html
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