This Should Be Fun...

The steroid ballot has arrived. This is an especially fun topic to debate as to how steroid use should affect a player's eligibility, but it's also sure to trigger nonsensical arguments and inconsistencies amongst the actual people who get to decide, the BBWAA, arguably the least intellectually curious cohort whose membership doesn't require a belief in alien spirits lurking the earth.

We're already off, with this gem:

"My view is these guys played and posted Hall-of-Fame-type numbers against the competition of their time. That will be my sole yardstick. If Major League Baseball took no action against a player during his career for alleged or suspected steroid/PED use, I'm not going to do so in assessing their career for the Hall of Fame,"

That's Bob Dutton from KC. Don't think to hard, Bob when you can just outsource your judgment and standards to some other entity that had a financial stake in being asleep at the switch.

Of course McGwire has been on the ballot for a while now and hasn't sniffed induction, so maybe the standard has already been established - in fact, McGwire's totals have gone down somewhat over the years. But you can't expect the BBWAA to maintain consistency over the 15 years these guys are eligible.

Curt Schilling belongs in the Hall, his career numbers are sick.