Ole, Ole Ole Ole!

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Shoeless Joe Jackson was framed!

There are lots of HOF pitchers who have admitted to cheating for ball doctoring - gaylord perry, whitey ford, dan sutton.

I actually don't care that much about roids. Anyone who has ever been a pitcher knows how much it destorys your arm, roids keep them from injuries.

Hell, the modern nutrition and training routines and technologies we have today give new players huge advantage over the old numbers, but no one whines about that.

Cheating exists in every sport - always has, always will.

Dock Ellis threw a no hitter on acid, but I'm not sure that was cheating... really it just makes it more impressive.

In 1961, during his home run race with Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle developed a sudden abscess that kept him on the bench. It came from an infected needle used by Max Jacobson, a quack who injected Mantle with a home-brew containing steroids and speed. In his autobiography, Hank Aaron admitted once taking an amphetamine tablet during a game. The Pirates' John Milner testified at a drug dealer's trial that his teammate, Willie Mays, kept "red juice," a liquid form of speed, in his locker. (Mays denied it.) After he retired, Sandy Koufax admitted the he was often "half high" on the mound from the drugs he took for his ailing left arm.

For decades, baseball beat writers - the Hall of Fame's designated electoral college - shielded the players from scrutiny. When the Internet (and exposés by two former ballplayers, Jim Bouton and Jose Canseco) allowed fans to see what was really happening, the baseball writers were revealed as dupes or stooges. In a rage, they formed a posse to drive the drug users out of the game.

http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/06/22/just-...s-cheated/