What do you think? Does a perjury charge-exonerated Roger Clemens, damaged reputation and all, now make it into the Hall of Fame?
You already know the question. It’s the headline in almost every front page sports article and column on Rogers Clemens’ “not guilty” finding yesterday in the perjury trial that he lied about not using steroids to Congress. The man was one of the biggest winners in big league history and his seven Cy Young Awards place him miles ahead of everyone else, but …..
BUT … after five years of his reputation taking the batter of the damaging steroid stain, does even exoneration of all charges in his second trial for perjury before Congress do enough to open the door for his induction into the Hall of Fame? Please express your voice with a comment here at The Pecan Park Eagle.
We all know that a legal finding of not guilty here is not enough to eliminate all the damage to his reputation, but was it enough for Roger to even have a remote chance with the writers who vote on the Hall ticket?
What do you think?
Tags: Roger Clemens Verdict
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June 19, 2012 at 12:30 pm |
If you accept Mark McGuire’s home runs and Roger Clements’ pitching numbers into Hall of Fame, than you must make available to current baseball players all the drugs they took to get there,
Bonds, Clements, McGuire , are thier records the result from drug taking or not ? Until baseball can truefully answer that question,
this damaging stain will mark baseball records forever.
June 19, 2012 at 12:58 pm |
Definitely not on the first ballot. I think Clemens and Bonds will have similar results on the Hall ballot. Both had outstanding career records before any indication or possibility of illegal substance abuse, so in my opinion their careers warrant Hall status. Yet, I think they never will make the Hall. I never was a Bonds fan and only became a Clemens fan when he became an Astro. I really don’t care for either’s personality. So, I think my opinion is fairly objective. It will also be very interesting when A-Rod’s turn comes up. I place him in the same category as outstanding before the allegations. Sosa and McGuire’s careers drastically improved after the abuse apparently began, so I place them in another category.
June 19, 2012 at 3:00 pm |
I live in the SF bay area and Bonds with the assistance of the Giants pr office is trying remake his image by offering him a job in the organization. Bonds numbers were spectacular as well as his hat size. If Clemens softens his image by doing charity work through the Yankee organization (choose the largest media market), cries in public like McGuire and says he he sorry three times for any unrelated issue. The combination of spectacular stats and pr machines in large media outlets will bring them to the Hall of Fame
June 19, 2012 at 3:38 pm |
If they’re going to punish Bagwell on even flimsier eveidence, I think they will hold Clemens out too. And yet, hypocritically, they will vote in A-Rod and Bonds. I’ve already heard the excuses.
We’ll never fully know who did and who didn’t so my personal belief is to let all their numbers stand. If a juiced pitcher is facing juiced batters,, does it invalidate their stats? Was it not a fair fight?
June 20, 2012 at 12:43 am |
Reasonable doubt clears a defendant of guilt in the court room. Reasonable doubt about greatness should not steer a player away from Cooperstown. Roger Clemens had an outstanding career and he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame based on his performance not reasonable doubt of his personality.
June 20, 2012 at 12:25 pm |
A jury of 8 women and 4 men said “not guilty” of lying to Congress when the alleged lie was saying he did not do ‘rhoids. Therefore, they found him not guilty of using ‘rhoids. Just because you don’t like his personality (and I do like his) should not exclude anyone from going into the Hall. There are lots of jerks in the Hall. Bagwell is not Hall worthy on career accomplishments alone. Biggio is marginal but will get in on the basis of the 3,000 hits. I still think the number of players in the HOF should be capped and when one goes in, one gets booted. Also, stop the stupid fan vote for All Star, move back to player/coach system, and stop that moronic Selig rule that winner of All Star game gets home field in the Series. And while we’re at it, get rid of Selig, move the Brewers to the AL, and put the Astros back where they belong. I missed the Cain no-no because I had to go to bed in order to work the next day. I wasn’t alone. You wil have a lot of that happening beginning next year…screw Nolan.