Drew Sharp was on Ryan Ermani's show this morning as a HOF voter. Ermani asked him about a Buster Olney quote where he suggested that baseball should take some of the "steroid era" questions out of the hands of the voters, come up with some level of steroid abuse that turns them into Pete Rose and keeps them off of the ballot. Don't leave the "moral" judgement solely up to the HOF voter.
Sharp, said he thought that was silly, he thought it was the responsibility of the voters to include that information in their decision and didn't want others to take those decisions away. Then he used Craig Biggio as an example. He said there has never been any suggestion that Biggio was a steroid user, however he felt that since he played in the steroid era, he wasn't sure he could vote for him.
Seems to me like banning players from the ballot, a la Pete Rose, might just help alleviate that problem. If MLB of whomever could classify a player as "not a steroid user", that seems like it would help the HOF voters.
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HOF voters like their power and don't want to give it up.
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