Is Mark McGwire a Hall of Famer?
December 27th, 2007 | by Tony Steidler-Dennison |(Via ESPN.)
The deadline for baseball’s Hall of Fame voters to submit their 2008 ballots is Dec. 31, and once again they must consider the candidacy of Mark McGwire. In his first year of eligibility a year ago, Big Mac garnered only 23.5 percent of the vote, mostly due to suspicions that he took performance-enhancing drugs during his playing career.
Will the voters be any kinder this year to the controversial slugger? ESPN.com’s Jim Caple and Jerry Crasnick offer opposing points of view during an e-mail debate that we’ve excerpted below.
The debate is an interesting read, but I’m one who’s of the mind that we should keep them all out. The only way to maintain the integrity of the Hall of Fame is to leave out those even suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs.
