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the hall of fame is a joke.
without him doing what he did, best believe that baseball is on nhl status right now.
the man saved baseball, and this how the salty sportswriters reward him? the sportswriters should be replaced, because they obviously don't know what they're doing. why are they the authority on who gets it the hall anyway? it should be the players who decide who gets into the hall of fame. having the sportswriters do it is beyond dumb. just like the idiot sportswriters who vote on the nba mvp.
First off, Mac didn't "save baseball" and nor did Ripken during his streak or anyone else. I know that's a popular media term but let's face it, baseball has always been around and the fans come out no matter what black eye baseball is currently going through. So he needs no reward.
Second, IMO the sportswriters (especially baseball) are probably the one group who SHOULD be voting this award. Humans are biased....players are, managers are, everyone.
Writers are salty? About what? Mac being a drug user who was aided in god knows how many of his HRs? If anything you think they would be overly nice to him because he was the big white paul bunyan. And don't think that if the players did the voting that they wouldnt be huddling up with their buddies either. Writers at least do a fairly good job with selections, and I would argue they are often too lenient.
Lastly, what kills Macs case beyond his roid usage, beyond his failing to own up to what he did, and beyond his falling off the face of the earth for the past 3 years is the fact that despite his nearly 600 HRs he also has quite a few flaws on his resume for someone who is an "all timer."
He only has 1,626 career hits.
He owns a career .263 BA.
He struck out every 3.87 ABs
He has a career .217 postseason BA in 42 career games.
That is all not to say Mac's numbers are not hall-worthy, rather it only aids in him not being there. He's not Bonds.