Mark McGwire - Do we forgive him - YES!!!

Mark McGwire and the Hall of Fame??

After his admission of steriod use the arguement is raging again across
America: Should McGwire be allowed into the hall of fame??

I have only two words for you: Gaylord Perry!!

  Gaylord Perry was a major league pitcher who was a known
"CHEAT", that played in the bigs for 22 years.  Perry was
 mostly known for using the "spitball", an ILLEGAL pitch
using a foriegn substance (spit, snot, vaseline, etc..)on
the ball to make it move more.  IT WORKED!! Everyone knew
when you stepped into the box against Perry, there was a
good chance you would see the spitball.

  One famous incident involving a Reggie Jackson strikeout,
ended with Reggie being thrown out of the game.  Jackson even
tossed gatorade on the field exclaiming, "why don't you use
gatorade on the ball too"!!  Perry even tried to get an
endorsment deal with Vaseline!! Yet Perry was inducted into
the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991, as a known CHEATER who
tampered with the EQUIPMENT that everyone else had to deal
with.

Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa brought the fans back to baseball
with the home run race when baseball needed it most.  Fans
where giving up on "America's Past-Time" until that incredible
summer of home runs.  I still remember rushing home everyday
to find out if either Sosa or Big Mac had hit a dinger that
day.  It was exciting, everytime he stepped to the plate, you
knew something huge could happen - history could be made!!

  McGwire was St. Louis Cardinal Baseball. He still is!!
McGwire deserves to be in the Hall of Fame!!  Steriods may
help you heal quicker, make you stronger......but that says
nothing about seeing the ball, catching the ball or even more
impressive, hitting the ball.

  I have seen alot of great, exciting baseball in St. Louis...
even a World Series Championship run and nothing....NOTHING
tops the incredible summer we were blessed with when Sosa and
McGwire were going toe-to-toe in the most fascinating
competition of my years as a Cardinal fan.  For that I will
always be grateful and willing to give them both my vote into
the Baseball Hall of Fame....I think everyone else should too...

What do I know, I am just a Cardinals fan!!