I'm glad I found this, so I can add my two cents. All the sportswriters nowadays are pissing me the hell off!!! I have never seen a group of people so bent on revisionist history since right after no WMDs were found in Iraq. It absolutely sickens me. The fact is, players are a product of their times. Do we yell and scream about pitchers who used spitballs or who pitched before the mound was lowered, carrying on that they had an unfair advantage? No! Did we disqualify George Brett from the Hall of Fame for the Pine Tar Incident? No! Did we disqualify Gaylord Perry from the Hall of Fame for using a spitball and other illegal pitches? No! The fact of the matter is, people who cheat have been a part of the game since the beginning, and we have enshrined them in Cooperstown despite their misdeeds. Therefore, if Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro, Barry Bonds & company are not voted into the Hall of Fame, it will be an act of absolute hypocrisy. You simply cannot ignore, cast aside, or sweep under the rug an entire era of baseball history. These players MUST be represented in the Hall of Fame, PERIOD.