OK...we are gonna go line-by-line here.
I, for one, do not think there are many players who DIDN'T respect the game. IF they didn't, they would have not busted their ass to get there. You respect what your profession is....you don't....like you and I, you get sloppy at work and get fired.
...OK...this one is great. On the previous line, you state he is a respected HOFer...here, you are making him sound like a equipment manager for a last place team. In his late years, I worked at Chicago Sportschannel that covered the White Sox. He had TONS of influence both in the clubhouse AND out of the White Sox clubhouse SO, which is it...he COULD do something about it or not?
That is very true....BUT, FACT IS...they ALL KNEW what was going on and they could not police themselves. HE was part of the problem and did NOTHING for the solution. It's no different than someone living in a high crime area that bitches and moans about the crime...but if they SEE crime every day...why are you not reporting it??!!
I am saying he sounds like he's upset that OTHERS cashed in and he didn't or he may be pulling a Palmiero. And HOW do we know when the steroid era really started?? I don't know, in 1990...at age 42....FORTY TWO....he played 137 games at catcher with 18 HRs. For a guy that was "old"...those are pretty damn good numbers. In fact, he had one year(1987) where he hit 37 HRs and 107 RBIs...at age 37...when he had NEVER hit more than 26 any year before....AND he averaged just as many homers AFTER he was 35 as he did BEFORE he was 35(17.25 to 16.75) ...I don't know...sounds fishy to me...
Sounds like a disgruntled former employee to me.....
There is no evidence at all that that Fisk used any kind of performance enhancing drug. And you think Fisk would be so vocal about it and go after these guys if he did ? I remember a story written about him showing the work he put in and the way he took care of himself . I believe it was in Sports Illustrated. Many players drank beer and some even smoked. Fisk may have when he was younger but he didn't in the 1980''s . He worked out , he saw a nutritional expert. That's why many in the Hall of Fame don't want to see these cheats in the Hall of Fame. Jim Rice has attacked these guys as well, so has Curt Schilling. And before this ever came out everyone with a brain new that Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were using steroids. This was being talked about while they were playing .
You just can't attack someone like this just because they have the guts to call these guys out for what they are. Again, Fisk loved the game and he still does. That's why it hurts him to see these frauds .
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