When it comes to any of the
numbers recorded in The Baseball Hall of Fame we need to have initials like the
way we tell time . We need B.D. and A.D. referring to Before Drugs and After
Drugs that were used to enhance players performance at bat and on the field. Fame
and shame seem to be blurred in Cooperstown the home of Baseball’s Hall of Fame
or is it Shame with the actions of recent players on and off the field. This
past summer is when they place new members to be honored at the museum. Tony LaRussa
was being considered to be inducted. He is being honored for being guiding
management for teams he managed from 2,728 wins. That is a remarkable number of
wins that ranks third in baseball history.
The problem I have with all those
wins is that about 43% per cent of those wins were recorded when Tony was
managing Marc McGuire. Most of those wins were had with his beefed up drug
induced super powers. I am talking about the same Marc McGuire who was denied
inclusion into the hall because voters believed his super power numbers were
owed to him taking steroids. Marc had excellent numbers but was vilified from
the Hall of Fame but yet his manager is being considered by using the same
numbers? Tony also benefited from Marc’s drug induced feats. Tony played dumb
while Marc’s numbers were continually getting bigger as well as his physique
from steroid intake.
I have admiration for both Marc
and Tony because they simply did what they did when they did and thought there
was nothing wrong with what they did . So, they did it. Sigh My problem now is
with the standards of the Hall of Fame. How
can they shame Marc McGuire for what he did but honor Tony LaRussa into the
Hall of Fame based on the same inflated numbers? If Tony deserves to be in the Hall then how
can you not give credit to the guy who got him there? That Hall of Fame or
Shame should rethink its requirements hand hold the same standards to everyone
they choose to honor there.
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