A 'Roids Wing In The Hall Of Fame?

Well, it's been a big couple of weeks in the wacky world of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED's).  First, there was that Viagra I took . . . No, that's not it.

What I meant to say was . . . First, pitchers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine and first baseman Frank Thomas were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by overwhelming margins.  All three played during the height of the Steroid Era but were, by all accounts, clean and deserving.  Good for them.

Then, on the same ballot, Hall voters clearly shunned infamous stat-monster juicers Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens.  Neither came close to election.  Older steroid users like Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, and Rafael Palmeiro are now receiving almost no support and will soon drop off the ballot altogether.

And then just a couple days ago, a panel of arbitrators reduced Alex Rodriguez's 211 game suspension for PED use to 162 games, but otherwise confirmed baseball's finding that A-Roid is a shameless cheat and liar, and a heavy repeat juicer despite his claims to the contrary.  (Naturally, A-Rod is appealing yet again.)

Last night, Rodriguez's supplier -- a slimeball Florida asshole named Tony Bosch -- appeared on 60 Minutes to admit everything, spill his guts and feebly claim the ethical high road because "everybody else was doin' it, so we had to do it too just to stay even."  (Bullshit, Tony!  Everybody might have been doin' it 15 years ago, but today it's only idiots like you and A-Rod.)

In the midst of all this, some in the sports world (who are disappointed that Bonds, Clemens, et al seem to be locked out of the Hall) say that PED's are just another step in the "evolution" of sport -- like better equipment or training.  Some suggest a separate section -- a Steroids Wing? -- in the HOF for all the known and suspected users and their inflated numbers.  Let 'em in with a big old asterisk, but stick 'em all in that old, dim corridor down by the restrooms.  Really?  "Are those your real stats, or are they your anabolic stats?"

Nah, I don't think so.  Hooray for Hank Aaron and Roger Maris!