Mark David McGwire "Big Mac"

Crash Course · 09-15-2006, 12:40 PM

He played in the major leagues from 1986 to 2001.

rc3000 · 09-15-2006, 12:44 PM

Yes he is memorable

mainsr · 09-15-2006, 01:02 PM

Memorable in the same way that Hal Chase, Eddie Cicotte, and Swede Risberg are memorable. I don't want to see his smug, self-satisfied fat face for the rest of my life. Including the Gallery. Thumbs down.

Let the fun begin! (You wanted to stir things up, huh, Crash?)

nyy26wc · 09-15-2006, 01:44 PM

Super qualified.

Golden Bear · 09-15-2006, 01:45 PM

Endless discussions of how sharply to demerit a player for PED use is about the most tedious thing on the Internet.

I voted yes. Take away 150 HR, and he's still a very good player.

I don't know what to do about the PEDs; I just know I don't want to talk about it. (That'll probably end up being MLB's de facto solution anyway.)

captain_napalm · 09-15-2006, 02:53 PM

He came a long way from 3b & "Son of Kong."

He's in.

RascalJones · 09-15-2006, 03:08 PM

Even if his career had ended at the point he went to St Louis, and missed those final monster years, I'd still vote yes.

KCBOOMER · 09-15-2006, 04:15 PM

Ignoring the PED's thing McGwire is amply qualified in quantity, quality, and memorability. I am going to vote yes, but if I was a BBWAA member I would be sweating bullets over my upcoming HoF ballot that has McGwire's name on it.

nyy26wc · 09-15-2006, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by KCBOOMER

Ignoring the PED's thing McGwire is amply qualified in quantity, quality, and memorability. I am going to vote yes, but if I was a BBWAA member I would be sweating bullets over my upcoming HoF ballot that has McGwire's name on it.

Looking at it from that point of view, if I was a member of the BWAA, I would hope he doesn't get in. Keping him out makes him write a bunch of columns about it per year story. Putting him makes him a 1 year story and then he's old news.

mainsr · 09-16-2006, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by nyy26wc

Looking at it from that point of view, if I was a member of the BWAA, I would hope he doesn't get in. Keping him out makes him write a bunch of columns about it per year story. Putting him makes him a 1 year story and then he's old news.

Rob Neyer did a column at the time of this year's HOF induction in which he asked a couple dozen BBWAA memebers whether they'd vote for him. It was about 75-25 no, as I recall.

llewdor · 09-19-2006, 02:06 PM

Undoubtedly. BWAA writers who don't vote for him should have their credentials revoked.

mainsr · 09-20-2006, 10:35 AM

I'm with the 75% who'd vote no.

Deep Blue · 09-20-2006, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Golden Bear

I don't know what to do about the PEDs; I just know I don't want to talk about it. (That'll probably end up being MLB's de facto solution anyway.)

hasn't that been their position for the last couple of decades ?

Anyway, I voted yes. Had to hold my nose when I did it though.

LisaG · 10-03-2006, 10:30 PM

well he is memorable all right

as a roid freak

i wouldn't be real too surprised if he was roiding in college too

he couldn't run, was a below average glove

i suppose i have to vote him in because we don't hafta disqualify him for doing illegal drugs but man how i hate to have to say yes

i hope he never makes the hall of fame

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09-15-2006, 12:40 PM	#1
Crash Course NetShrine Creator & Curator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NetShrine WHQ Posts: 10,070	Mark David McGwire "Big Mac" He played in the major leagues from 1986 to 2001. __________________ Steve, Forum Admin Hit Grass, Win Salad Man, this is baseball. You gotta stop thinking. Just have fun. - Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez, in The Sandlot I've been going to games since August 8, 1973....and on August 22, 2004, finally, a foul ball came my way. I had to reach for it, and it deflected off the tip of my right index finger. Shoot, if I was only 4 inches taller! Have you read The Baseball Same Game?

09-15-2006, 12:44 PM	#2
rc3000 Inducted Into The NetShrine Assembly of Fame Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 543	Yes he is memorable __________________ Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth - Roberto Clemente

09-15-2006, 01:02 PM	#3
mainsr NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Posts: 1,557	Memorable in the same way that Hal Chase, Eddie Cicotte, and Swede Risberg are memorable. I don't want to see his smug, self-satisfied fat face for the rest of my life. Including the Gallery. Thumbs down. Let the fun begin! (You wanted to stir things up, huh, Crash?) __________________ "Let's let bye-byes be bye-byes." --The Greatest Leadoff Hitter of All Time

09-15-2006, 01:44 PM	#4
nyy26wc NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NJ Posts: 14,584	Super qualified. __________________ Lee Creator, Complete Baseball Encyclopedia. It's powerful, yet extremely easy to use. Features extensive sorting and stat display options. The CBE has many features that are not available in online and printed sources. Has 2006 stats and daily update service for 2007.

09-15-2006, 01:45 PM	#5
Golden Bear NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,100	Endless discussions of how sharply to demerit a player for PED use is about the most tedious thing on the Internet. I voted yes. Take away 150 HR, and he's still a very good player. I don't know what to do about the PEDs; I just know I don't want to talk about it. (That'll probably end up being MLB's de facto solution anyway.)

09-15-2006, 02:53 PM	#6
captain_napalm NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: ny Posts: 1,611	He came a long way from 3b & "Son of Kong." He's in. __________________ "Cheating is baseball's oldest profession. No other game is so rich in skullduggery, so suited to it or so proud of it." - Thomas Boswell

09-15-2006, 03:08 PM	#7
RascalJones NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 1,862	Even if his career had ended at the point he went to St Louis, and missed those final monster years, I'd still vote yes. __________________ "Baseball is dull only to dull minds." -- Red Barber, announcer "The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud." -- Bob Uecker

09-15-2006, 04:15 PM	#8
KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	Ignoring the PED's thing McGwire is amply qualified in quantity, quality, and memorability. I am going to vote yes, but if I was a BBWAA member I would be sweating bullets over my upcoming HoF ballot that has McGwire's name on it. __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

09-19-2006, 02:06 PM	#11
llewdor NetShrine Rookie Of The Year Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 65	Undoubtedly. BWAA writers who don't vote for him should have their credentials revoked.

09-20-2006, 10:35 AM	#12
mainsr NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Posts: 1,557	I'm with the 75% who'd vote no. __________________ "Let's let bye-byes be bye-byes." --The Greatest Leadoff Hitter of All Time

10-03-2006, 10:30 PM	#14
LisaG All-NetShrine Team Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: texas Posts: 371	well he is memorable all right as a roid freak i wouldn't be real too surprised if he was roiding in college too he couldn't run, was a below average glove i suppose i have to vote him in because we don't hafta disqualify him for doing illegal drugs but man how i hate to have to say yes i hope he never makes the hall of fame

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