If Raffy or McGwire or any of these steroid junkies get in and Rose can't ....... that's a freaking disgrace to anything baseball and I'll never watch the game again.
Rose gambled..... but he didn't cheat to get his numbers. These guys flat out cheated and showed that tradition didn't mean shit to them. Rose WAS tradition, anyone whoever saw that man play knows he went out there with a fire and intensity no other player ever had.... especially today.
As for Raffy, I think 2 things....
1) his comment
"Unfortunately, I wasn't able to explain to the arbitrator how the banned substance entered my body. The arbitrator did not find that I used a banned substance intentionally -- in fact, he said he found my testimony to be compelling -- but he ruled that I could not meet the heavy burden imposed on players who test positive under the new drug policy."
is BS.... let's hear what the arbitrator really had to say..... oh wait we can't the player's association prevents them from any public comment.... so Raffy who already said he never ever did (and lied... as he backtracked to never knowingly did) so Raffy can say hwatever he wants about the situation to try to save face and noone can dispute it....... plus "heavy burden imposed on the players"??????
Ok Raffy, I seriously don't believe as powerful as the union is that they would not have the the testing if the players burden were so great.
How many have gotten caught? Makes me wonder though how many pissed positive but through appeals were able to hide it somehow.
2) My take when I first heard about it was MLB now has their true fall guy, their token power hitter/ all star that they can point to and say, "see, our testing works, we don't need Congress coming in."