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Originally Posted by KurtBevacqua
If McGwire can't be inducted because he took roids than why does Barry belong even if you think he did take them?
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I'd personally put both in, but if I had to make the argument, I think you can make a decent case that steroids saved Mark McGwire's career. He couldn't stay healthy and was routinely hitting about .230. Now, who knows when he started taking them, but I would say that I think you could easily say that he wouldn't be a hall of famer without them, whereas Barry already was one when he started taking them (based on the assumed start point).
I think there's a huge difference between their credentials with or without steroids. I feel pretty comfortable in saying that without steroids, McGwire's career ends up looking like Dave Kingman's with a better on base percentage (and possibly less home runs)