One in a crowd.

Think about the meaning of words that you are using:

"Alex Rodriguez's 2017 retirement plan − this is, if he really does retire − means he’ll be eligible for baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot in late 2022, but it’s unlikely he’ll get into Cooperstown if previous voting patterns hold true."

Agreed.

In a way, this is old news ... tired news ... in another way, it's irrelevant because we're talking about 2022.


"That’s because A-Rod, like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, has first-ballot baseball numbers but a close association with performance-enhancing drug use that tends to alienate Hall of Fame voters. The voters have repeatedly rejected Bonds and Clemens since they became eligible in 2013."

I just coughed. It sounded like "Mike Piazza," but it was a cough.



"With 75% of the vote necessary for inclusion, Bonds got on 44.3% of the ballots last year and Clemens got on 45.2. Those numbers could rise if voters become more forgiving about doping, but A-Rod took doping, and the effort to cover it up, to the next level."

1) ARod almost undoubtedly did not take doping to the next level. I'd say ARod took doping to the normal level.

2) As for the degree of ARod's cover up, does Nathaniel Vinto know something the rest of us don't know? I'd say ARod had one of the most ineffective steroid cover ups in MLB history. You know how I know? Because he's one of the few MLB players who was caught.


The numbered list of Daily News ARod stories, intended to prove ARod's unique stature as the PED King of the Hill, merely highlights the journalistic deficiencies of the Daily News.

Where are the rest of the players on the Mitchell list? Nobody is willing to give them up? Or you're just not searching?

You have the nerve to bring up the Hall of Fame, when you know that steroid users have already been inducted? If you don't know, then you should know. You're the journalist, right? Right???


I mean, here is a list from Wikipedia. ARod doesn't stand out. The Daily News says he stands out, but that's just because the Daily News decided he stands out.

Like, did you even know that Wally Joyner took steroids? Say it ain't so,Wally World!


We don't know how many players actually took the cover up to the next level ... that's because they were never caught. That is kinda what "cover up" means.