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Originally posted by KSig RC
Gammons has argued this very point, pretty much saying that it must be pretty great to be Griffey right now, after all the shit he took, because he's one of the only guys on the planet that no one has the slightest suspicion of.
I'm not sure how I think the accomplishments stack up, though . . . honestly, I just don't know. I think this will be one of the great historical issues of our (sporting) times: how does the modern baseball era stack up when viewed in hindsight?
Off the top of my head, I think Griffey gets much more HOF voting respect, but I don't think history will view this any differently than, say, Cy Young's insane W/L numbers.
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I think Griffey was in anyways; maybe this makes him a more solid first ballot guy then he would have been, although I think he had enough dominance to make it a moot point.
You're right though...time will tell whether the public perception of Griffey improves. If he hadn't been hurt for so many years, we may be talking 600 home runs, we might be having a serious debate as to the best power hitter of the era (with the question marks surrounding Sosa, Big Mac and Bonds).
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