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The discussion over steroid users in baseball and whether they should be allowed in the Baseball Hall of Fame is one of the biggest debates in sports. All-time great second baseman and Hall of Famer himself, Joe Morgan, weighed in on the situation in a big way, writing a letter to the Baseball Writers Association of America, pleading with them to not consider those that cheated the game with performance enhancing drugs to be allowed in the prestigious Hall.
It’s an extremely convincing argument from Morgan, who played the game the right way and took no shortcuts on his way to a Hall of Fame career. Players that cheated their way to monster numbers simply should not be recognized as members of the Hall of Fame. Perhaps there should be a wing in the Hall of Fame that includes the accomplishments of all those players, but cheating should not get you into the Hall. All the players that took PEDs to boost their stats certainly made more than enough money during their MLB careers—with cheating as a reason why. They shouldn’t be celebrated as Hall of Famers too.