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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
Well
1. He declined to answer when asked about his usage by a Congressional Committee about it after Cansenco outed him
2. I find the timing of this to be 'odd' after a) he just got a job as hitting coach by the Cards and b) he was just snubbed for the 4th (??) time to the Hall of Fame
I would think this admission would now probably make him ineligible or at the very least unlikely to be voted in, though some disagree, saying his admission may HELP him |
First - his explanation is that he declined to answer because he had no guarantee of immunity. It's self-serving, sure, but I buy that. I could see where an attorney would advise him NOT to talk about his past steroid use if there was no guarantee he would be immune from prosecution. Of course, a good attorney would have also had an eye for the PR aspect of it all, but that is a whole other discussion.
As to ineligibility for the Hall of Fame - there's no rule against inducting drug users, cheaters, etc, except for very specific circumstances (such as people like Joe Jackson and Pete Rose who were banned from the game). There are Hall of Famers who committed violent crimes (Ty Cobb), who blatantly cheated (Gaylord Perry), and who probably received performance benefits from greenies and other similar chemicals (a large number of players from the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s). They couldn't reasonably draw the line at steroid use.
The admission will definitely get him more votes. He was in the 20% range, though, so he'll have to get a lot of help if he's going to get inducted into the HOF.
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Originally Posted by bignasty
Dykstra probably said the same thing.
Why did Congress subpoena Schilling along with Bonds, Clemens, Conseco, Sosa, McGuire, Palmiero, and Giambi? Do these players have anything in common? Didn't the investigators have access to the list of players that failed the drug tests?
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If I remember correctly, Schilling was pretty outspoken around that time about naming names and "coming clean" about steroids. It's possible that he was called to Congress in the hope that he would name names on the record.
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