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Baseball writers (including Bill Madden of the News) are already talking about keeping A-Rod out of the Hall of Fame.

This Hall is going to have quite a problem when I take my son there in 2020.

Among the people who it seems won’t be in the Hall will be Barry Bonds (you know, baseball’s home run leader both season and career) and Roger Clemens (he only won 354 games and struck out 4600 batters).

Mark McGwire, who the country cheered in 1998.  Not in.

Sammy Sosa, the guy New York City had a ticker-tape parade for – yes, you can look it up, New York had a parade for a Chicago Cub.  He won’t be in.

Rafael Palmeiro with his 3,000 hits and 569 homers.  Not in.

The all-time hit king, Pete Rose, he won’t be in.

A-Rod and his three MVP’s – no chance they award him another one – he won’t be in.

It’s kind of hard to have a Hall of Fame when all the top stat accumulators are not in.

In this 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, Bud Selig needs to take a page from Abe.

The only way to move on is to leave the past in the past.   Declare amnesty for all past sins.  The numbers shall hold, those whose numbers deserve the Hall should make it in.   You can’t undo the last 15 years.  All you can do is fix the future.

Move forward with a really tough drug police, one that the players union should be shamed into accepting.  It’s time to move on.

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Here is video of the new apple at New Shea Field.  It’s nice to write about the Mets and something non-negative.

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From 60 Minutes.

They may have taken the video above down, the transcript is below and the video will work on this page.

“For the record, have you ever used steroids, human growth hormone or any other performance-enhancing substance?” Couric asked.

“No,” Rodriguez replied.

Asked if he had ever been tempted to use any of those things, Rodriguez told Couric, “No.”

“You never felt like, ‘This guy’s doing it, maybe I should look into this, too? He’s getting better numbers, playing better ball,'” Couric asked.

“I’ve never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I’ve always been a very strong, dominant position. And I felt that if I did my work as I’ve done since I was, you know, a rookie back in Seattle, I didn’t have a problem competing at any level. So, no,” he replied.

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It always seems to come back to Derek Jeter.

Baseball for the last 15 years is a mess.   All the way back to the canceled season, McGwire, Sosa, Bonds….all ruined.  

Now A-Rod and 103 mystery others.

We should all hope Jeter isn’t on this list.

Jeter’s been the golden child.  He has rings.  He’s clutch.  There’s been little to no dirt or gossip or controversy around him.   He’s been DiMaggio for a modern age.

You look at Jeter and he looks as skinny as ever.  He hits 12 home runs not 74.

He might be the last pure great baseball player.   Let’s all hope that nothing ever comes out about him.  Let’s hope that there is nothing that could come out.  Let’s all hope that he’s really truly who he seems to be.   Just one time let’s have a baseball hero not let us down.

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Good job out of the MLB network.  As I write this a few minutes before noon on Saturday, MLB network is in live-mode and covering the story instead of ducking for cover.  That’s a good sign for this network.

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Here’s an opening paragraph for you:

Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two anabolic steroids during his 2003 American League MVP season with the Texas Rangers, four sources independently told Sports Illustrated in a report published Saturday.

That’s from mlb.com , so we’re not out here in the wild west of rumorville.

He’s on a list of 104 players who tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in 2003, in A-Rod’s case “for testosterone and an anabolic steroid known by the brand name Primobolan.” (according to that same mlb.com article)


This story just broke and there will be a lot to say about it.


Alex was the 2003 MVP.   He was on Texas at the time so no need to drag Joe Torre into this.


What does this mean for the 2009 Yankees?


What about those of you who held out hope that A-Rod would pass Bonds?


Does this continue to help the Jeter legacy and mythology?


Who are the other 103 players on the list?


The full Sports Illustrated story is here. 

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