Updated: Jan 9, 2007, 2:17 PM

Vote: Big Mac in the Hall?


	If you had a vote, would this man be on your ballot?

For once, the debate over who should get in the Hall of Fame is less about performance than about legitimacy.

During the late 1990's and early 2000's, home runs flew out of ballparks at an unprecedented rate. Roger Maris' record of 61 home runs in a season, which seemed so unassailable for many years, was obliterated by two different men in the same year. Writers and fans alike thrilled at the amazing things happening in baseball. At the time, players like McGwire and Sosa seemed to be shoo-ins for the Hall of Fame.

That's not so certain anymore. With the implication that all this home-run power was a product of performance enhancing drugs, the case for several players became weaker and weaker. Out of the potential inductees under suspicion, only Mark McGwire is eligible this year. He'll be a test case for whether the others will ever emerge from the steroid fog.

The writers already had their say, SportsNation. Now it's your turn. If you had a vote, would you let any of these players into Cooperstown?

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Vote: Big Mac in the Hall?

1) Would you vote for Mark McGwire, on the first ballot, for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame?

2) Would you vote for McGwire in succeeding years?

3) If he were eligible this year, would you vote for Barry Bonds?

4) If he were eligible this year, would you vote for Sammy Sosa?

5) If he were eligible this year, would you vote for Rafael Palmeiro?

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Vote: Big Mac in the Hall?

1) Would you vote for Mark McGwire, on the first ballot, for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame?

2) Would you vote for McGwire in succeeding years?

3) If he were eligible this year, would you vote for Barry Bonds?

4) If he were eligible this year, would you vote for Sammy Sosa?

5) If he were eligible this year, would you vote for Rafael Palmeiro?

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