Craig Calcaterra tees off on a USA Today column suggesting we do just that. And he’s right, you know. Not just for the reasons stated in his piece, but also for this big one: All the home runs every steroid user hit still counted. Regardless of how we feel about him morally, Barry Bonds was still immensely valuable to the Giants from 2001-2004 (also before and after that). It’s not the Roberto Clemente Award or the press’ “Good Guy” award or whatever.
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I cheated on a Business Management test in college. Can I keep my degree? please?
As most likely the biggest Barry Bonds fan who regularly reads this site, I’d like to say I am 100% in favor of re-awarding MVPs – except I think Barry Bonds deserves more (see 1995, 96, 98, 2000). Because these awards are decided by people like Mike Weir who don’t care enough about the game to learn what actually makes it work, history is littered with bogus awards. And the Giants seem to get dicked over more than most. Willie Mays was the only 10 win player in the NL for 4 straight years and only won 1 MVP. Eric Gagne stole Jason Schmidt’s Cy Young. While we’re at it, let’s kick everyone out of the Hall of Fame and start that over, too. Rabbit Maranville and Johnny Evers are worthy, but Bonds, Clemens, and MacGwire shouldn’t be in because THEY would taint the place? The only people ruining the historical record of the game are in the BBWAA.
Wow, that might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever read in a newspaper that’s full of dumb things. Calcaterra hits the nail on the head – how arrogant and stupid is it to make the blanket assumption that the guys YOU consider to be “suspect” should be stripped of their “tainted” awards, and that the guys YOU think were “clean” should be given awards in their place?