As a child growing up in Northern California, there were no other sports figures that I admired more (for their athletic abilities) than Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire.
I wanted to hit the ball as far as 'The Bash Brothers' could..... I remember watching McGwire and Canseco bumping their forearms as they would reach home after crushing another towering home run.... I liked Canseco more than McGwire though.... Canseco gave off that rock star attitude, and I had a penchant for liking things that everybody else hated....
Fast forward twenty years, now we know that Canseco used steroids and in the books he wrote subsequent to his baseball career, he suggested that some of the biggest names in baseball, including Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Alex Rodriguez and Rafael Palmiero were steroids users as well.... All four denied the allegations.... Everybody was up in arms, most people screaming that Jose Canseco is a liar.... Not me.... I had faith in my childhood hero (for his athletic abilities)....
Well, look what we have here....
- Rafael Palmiero (Number 11 on the All-Time Home Runs List (569)) - Failed Drug Test
- Alex Rodriguez (Number 8 on the All-Time Home Runs List (583)) - Publicly Admits To Taking Steroids
- Sammy Sosa (Number 6 on the All-Time Home Runs List (609)) - Implicated on the Mitchell List of 103 Players who had tested positive for steroid use in 2003
And Canseco's been right on many more occasions!
And now, Mark McGwire (Number 8 on the All-Time Home Runs List (583)) publicly admits that he has taken steroids.... Can anybody hit the ball anymore without injecting themselves in the ass first? Well at least Barry Bonds was clean.... Wait, WHAT?!?!?!Here's my question, do you think that these players who have been been tarnished with the stain of steroids could or should have the opportunity to be elected into the Hall of Fame?
