Steroids, Baseball and the Hall of Fame

In the article "Steroids, Baseball and the Hall of Fame" by Robert Schlesinger he brings up the question about what will happen when all the "steroid era" players become eligible for the Hall of Fame. It explains different opinions from Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning and player turned announcer Steve Lyons. Bunning thinks that the MLB should set a good example and not allow cheaters in because they broke the records set by players who did it through hard work and that their is no place for cheaters in the Hall of Fame. Lyons on the other hand was not as harsh and said that many players have cheated in some way and are in the Hall of Fame and that one day we will have to recognize the steroid users accomplishments. Shlesinger says that he agrees with Lyons and that "For those writers who draw a clear line in the sand and proclaim they will not vote for any player linked to steroids, I say you're being delusional and ignorant" (Schlesinger).

I don't really have the same views as the author in this article. I think he is wrong when he says you are ignorant if you don't vote for someone who uses steroids because its not like you aren't voting for them because of race but because they cheated and why would you reward cheating. Also when he says "What are you going to do when you help elect a player and it's subsequently revealed that they did use something at some point?" (Schlesinger), this might happen at some point but if you voting for them it was because you did not know that they were a cheater and there is nothing you can do about that. Overall I did not agree with this article by saying, oh well we are not sure who cheated so lets just let everyone in the Hall of Fame to where it no longer is even an honor to be in it.

Schlesinger, Robert. "Steroids, Baseball and the Hall of Fame." U.S. News and World Report. N.p., 26 July 2009. Web. 8 April 2010. .