Dave Pallone: Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Yes Pete Rose

I come back from a one-way ticket to Polizzi-ville to find this sitting on my mesc?!

I had the chance to see both Bonds and Clemens play the game. For Bonds, he broke in with the Pirates in 1986. He was a skinny kid, but had more talent in his little finger than most players in the majors. He was hitting homeruns then, and continued to hit them (762) until he retired in 2007. He was something to watch, and he could play the game. If the accusation of him using performance enhancing drugs is true, do I believe he belongs in the Hall of Fame? No! Period! Using performance enhancing drugs does just what it says it suppose to do. Enhance your performance. For me, that’s cheating, and you should never be rewarded for cheating. That’s the chance you take when you cheat. If you don’t get caught, you prosper, if you do, you lose. Simple as that.

...Baseball’s Hall of Fame is a special place. It is a place for those who were the best in this great game of baseball. It’s a place for such greats like Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Ted Williams and others. Is it a place for Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, or Pete Rose? Time will tell, but for me Pete Rose is the real deal. Nothing enhanced about that!!

Thanks for reading and remember,

Never Strike Out

Peace