Bulldogcakes
03-27-2005, 08:16 AM
Not according to the Baseball Writers (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2020890)
In an ESPN poll of 109 Hall of Fame voters, only 43.1 percent said they would definitely vote for McGwire on the first ballot, with 19.3 percent undecided. Another 3.7 percent said they would probably vote for McGwire.
Only 65 of 155 Hall voters told the AP they would vote for McGwire when he becomes eligible in two years or were leaning that way; 52 said no or were leaning that way; and 38 were undecided.
Barry Bonds would get enough support to make it into Cooperstown, but he's far from being a shoo-in, according to results from the AP survey.
Bonds received 105 votes for election, 25 against and 25 were undecided.
Players need 75 percent of the Baseball Writers' Association of America vote to get into the Hall.
McGwire got just 55.6 percent support from those who gave a yes/no response, while Bonds was at 80.8 percent.
"I will not vote for Mark McGwire," Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times told the AP. "It's obvious from his own statements he used some form of performance-enhancing drugs and it's obvious from his statistics he did not become a Hall of Fame-type player until he did so."
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Can placebos cause side effects? And if so, are the side effects real?
In an ESPN poll of 109 Hall of Fame voters, only 43.1 percent said they would definitely vote for McGwire on the first ballot, with 19.3 percent undecided. Another 3.7 percent said they would probably vote for McGwire.
Only 65 of 155 Hall voters told the AP they would vote for McGwire when he becomes eligible in two years or were leaning that way; 52 said no or were leaning that way; and 38 were undecided.
Barry Bonds would get enough support to make it into Cooperstown, but he's far from being a shoo-in, according to results from the AP survey.
Bonds received 105 votes for election, 25 against and 25 were undecided.
Players need 75 percent of the Baseball Writers' Association of America vote to get into the Hall.
McGwire got just 55.6 percent support from those who gave a yes/no response, while Bonds was at 80.8 percent.
"I will not vote for Mark McGwire," Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times told the AP. "It's obvious from his own statements he used some form of performance-enhancing drugs and it's obvious from his statistics he did not become a Hall of Fame-type player until he did so."
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/Kevin2700/bulldaogcopy.jpg
Can placebos cause side effects? And if so, are the side effects real?