Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens or Pete Rose?

_John_
_John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
edited November 13 in Fun and Games
You are required by law to vote one of them into the HOF...who gets in?
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  • tonybalony01
    tonybalony01 Posts: 613 Member
    Pete Rose. While what he did was definitely wrong, he didn't have to cheat to become the all-time hit leader.
  • navyjen
    navyjen Posts: 1,043 Member
    Pete Rose!!!
  • _benjammin
    _benjammin Posts: 1,224 Member
    Pete. Broke the rules but didn't cheat the game.
  • flinx1241
    flinx1241 Posts: 2,168 Member
    I write in Shoeless Joe Jackson
  • lmd177
    lmd177 Posts: 293 Member
    Barry Bonds
  • BasicGreatGuy
    BasicGreatGuy Posts: 857 Member
    tonybalony01 wrote: »
    Pete Rose. While what he did was definitely wrong, he didn't have to cheat to become the all-time hit leader.
    I agree. I don't like what Pete did and I also don't like that he hasn't been completely honest about his actions. However, I appreciate his physical ability and contributions to the game. He didn't steroid his way to the record books unlike Bond, McGwire, A-Rod and many others.
  • paddles34
    paddles34 Posts: 789 Member
    _benjammin wrote: »
    Pete. Broke the rules but didn't cheat the game.

    Pete
  • crosby17
    crosby17 Posts: 14 Member
    _John_ wrote: »
    You are required by law to vote one of them into the HOF...who gets in?

    Pete Rose!
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,537 Member
    Roger Clemens, because he hasn't been picked yet.
  • smtaylo85
    smtaylo85 Posts: 1,269 Member
    Pete bc no one will ever comes close to getting as many hits as he had
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  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    smtaylo85 wrote: »
    Pete bc no one will ever comes close to getting as many hits as he had

    and someone's gonna outwalk or outhomer Bonds?
  • Tigg_er
    Tigg_er Posts: 22,001 Member
    Pete
  • smtaylo85
    smtaylo85 Posts: 1,269 Member
    the difference is Pete didn't need roids Bonds did
  • BasicGreatGuy
    BasicGreatGuy Posts: 857 Member
    _John_ wrote: »
    smtaylo85 wrote: »
    Pete bc no one will ever comes close to getting as many hits as he had

    and someone's gonna outwalk or outhomer Bonds?
    Bonds broke the record using illegal substances. The heck with him. As far as I am concerned, Hank is still the champ and will be until someone with integrity passes his mark.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,973 Member
    Bonds.

    And to those who believe illegal substances should be a prerequisite to being in the HOF, ALL players in the era before steroids were banned, were using all sorts of illegal substances. Amphetamines most notably. So if you're going to smug Bonds for it, might as well do Hank Aaron as well since he was on amphetamines too.

    And out of all people, who though Rickey Henderson was "natural"?

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  • Luke_I_am_your_spotter
    Luke_I_am_your_spotter Posts: 4,179 Member
    edited July 2015
    This is a No brainer! Pete's time is long overdue!

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  • dfavela1988
    dfavela1988 Posts: 892 Member
    barry
  • Praying_Mantis
    Praying_Mantis Posts: 239 Member
    Pete Rose
  • Luke_I_am_your_spotter
    Luke_I_am_your_spotter Posts: 4,179 Member
    _John_ wrote: »
    smtaylo85 wrote: »
    Pete bc no one will ever comes close to getting as many hits as he had

    and someone's gonna outwalk or outhomer Bonds?

    outhomer? Yes. One day. All time HR, as difficult as it is, is more likely to happen than all time hits. Pete's record is just insane.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Bonds.

    And to those who believe illegal substances should be a prerequisite to being in the HOF, ALL players in the era before steroids were banned, were using all sorts of illegal substances. Amphetamines most notably. So if you're going to smug Bonds for it, might as well do Hank Aaron as well since he was on amphetamines too.

    And out of all people, who though Rickey Henderson was "natural"?

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    I'm of the opinion that Bonds and Clemens were SO good that as the best of the "era" they should still be in. Someone had to "rise above the cheaters" and they did it better than anyone else.


  • lexlowe
    lexlowe Posts: 908 Member
    Pete
  • MShayne2414
    MShayne2414 Posts: 537 Member
    flinx1241 wrote: »
    I write in Shoeless Joe Jackson

    I second this ^^^^^^one of the best players to ever play the game!!
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  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Pete Rose, for sure. Charlie Hustle.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Post HOF vote bump...
  • Peter_Brady
    Peter_Brady Posts: 3,750 Member
    Bonds.
  • g44219
    g44219 Posts: 3,665 Member
    Pete Rose hands down!
  • ThatFatAsianNerd
    ThatFatAsianNerd Posts: 1,415 Member
    edited January 2016
    I was watching First Take the other day and Skip Bayless and Screamin' A. Smith BOTH agreed (and if you're a fan of the show, you know these two hardly ever agree on anything) that a reputed and highly-regarded sportswriter once wrote in his book that at age 35, Barry was at Ken Griffey's birthday party and said this to Ken and a bunch of other pro-ballers around the table:

    "Man, I'm sick of seeing these guys (Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa) get all of these records and money and attention, so I'm gonna have to f****ing do what they do."

    Bonds' numbers the following years after 35? UNREAL.

    Bonds didn't start using PEDs until after 35, if all of that is true, but McGwire had been using it since back when he played with Canseco in Oakland.
  • ThatFatAsianNerd
    ThatFatAsianNerd Posts: 1,415 Member
    Pete Rose will NEVER get in.
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