Hall of Fame; Steroids or Hemorrhoids?

What constitutes Hall of Fame status in Major League Baseball?

In the past players have been selected mainly because of the statistics they put up during their extended playing career.

Voting is based upon record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and other contributions. There are no automatic elections for a player based on one performance such as batting .400 for a season or any other amazing performance.

Players must go through a screening committee and any player that receives at least 75% of the votes will be elected into the Hall of Fame.

If one examines the criteria, it is clear that player’s who violate the rules for being inducted into this elite group, should be excluded.

Sorry, Manny Ramirez, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds and the rest of the lying morons that decided to partake in the forbidden fruit of steroids. YOU’RE OUT!

How can the world ever know what these players would have done statistically if they had to play by the rules like Larry Doby, Jim Palmer, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle and the rest of the heroes we have honored with great respect?

Sorry Pete Rose. Even though every fan enjoyed watching you slide in head first anytime you got the chance and hit a gazillion baseballs into the outfield, we have no room for anyone who violates Major League policy and bets on the game. You gambled and you lost!

Is what Rose did as bad as shooting juice into your behind?

Does it really matter?

At some point someone has to say rules are made to be followed not broken!

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig has held his ground to this point and should stay the course.

When people commit crimes they get punished not honored. If they lie on the stand they get further punishment not placed into a Hall of Fame.

Inductee George Brett can relate to these outlaws as he dealt with an ongoing medical condition in the latter part of his career.

The problem Brett had was hemorrhoids, defined as swelling or inflammation of veins in the rectum or anus.

One would have to say the above mentioned violators could be defined the same way.

Use steroids and you become a hemorrhoid!

photo: AP