In light of the recent revelations regarding A-Fraud and his steriod use from 2001-2003, I have had to re-think how I look at the game of baseball.
The players that I figured were the best I have seen in my lifetime – Bonds, Clemens, A-Rod – have now ALL had a postive test for banned substances.
At first, I was willing to cut these guys some slack, and to let their records (end eventual records) stand. But now, I say NO.
Hank Aaron’s 61 homers in a season, and 755 in his career are STILL the mark – because he did it clean.
I say strike EVERY record from 1989 to today.
All the players who have had positive tests during that time should have a ZERO recorded for thier stats officially, and a side note outlining thier stats when during thier career. All clean players stats stand as official in the MLB books.
So we in this model, we would lose almost 2 decades of stats for these guys….but I don’t feel sorry for them. They still all have 100million dollar contracts, so they won’t be crying at home about it – in thier mansions.
So today, the MLB has a chance to start fresh – year zero. Any player now can start to chase 61-755 – but judging how guys numbers have come down to reality – we might be waiting a looooong time.
This just highlights how amazing Hank Aaron was.
Spread the movement – 61-755.
Yo, Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, not Aaron.
But you were right on Aarons career record of 755 HR. I think they should just put an asterisk beside those players with stats who have taken steroids. Even though I think they cheated and it is ethically wrong to do in the game, they didn’t do anything that was banned at that time. As there was no official anti-steroid policy in baseball at those times (eg. 2003), as there is now. All pro sports should try to do testing and abide to strict rules like the Olympics do.
Peace,
Dukes
By: Dukes on February 21, 2009
at 4:14 pm