Joe Morgan says anyone who used steroids doesn’t belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He says, “By cheating, they put up huge numbers, and they made great players who didn’t cheat look smaller by comparison, taking away from their achievements and consideration for the Hall of Fame. That’s not right.” This isn’t controversial, it’s common sense. Society creates gray areas (he only used once, he never officially tested positive, everyone in that era was juicing, etc.) to justify and rationalize bad behavior. There’s no gray area here. MLB can simply close the door on the entire subject by following the lead of Joe Morgan. And the gray area contingent will accuse baseball of being a stodgy old man who won’t change with the times … and so what? Cheaters don’t get in. Next question. If you want “gray area,” if you want to make up the rules as you go, if you want to stand for vagueness instead of greatness, well, that’s what the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is for.
Bobby Doerr, Teammates And The End Of The “Gray Area”
