Really, you have to wonder about these writers who couldn’t even vote in Biggio who apparently was clean!
Your time will come Mike, as the greatest hitting catcher of all time.

They are not interested in who cheated and who did not they are only interested in keeping steroids of any kind out of the hall to protect the integrity of players who could not use them.

Alot of the things players ingest TODAY are really hyped up concoctions. They cant be on true STEROIDS because they’re too hard to mask in the blood/urine profiles and they would get caught, so they resort to shark fin, cats nail, & other folklore poop.
The ones that do risk it with stronger chemically proven stuff get busted, like Manny on tittie juice(estrogen or what not).
If anyone believes that McGuire got jacked on Andro like he admitted to, Ive got some great land near the Everglades to sell them, its just G-U-L-L-I-B-L-E .

This does open the door to more suspicions as written in the attached. Unfortunately, I think it discredits Mike enough for the Hall. Again, a sad reflection of the times in which Mike just got caught up with but we can’t make exceptions for those whom we like.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/price-piazza-new-book-raises-questions-answers-article-1.1260610

When I hear the jabberwocky perpetrated by the likes of Craig Carton, Murray Chase & Co., I am reminded of an old saying back on the farm… “What can you expect from a pig, but a grunt?”

First, steroids really can’t help you hit the ball and Piazza was a career .306 hitter, which included the years of his decline. He always made solid contact and hit the ball hard.

Second, consider the change in the appearances of Barry Bonds & Roger Clemens versus the lack of change in Piazza’s appearance, especially the head. Bonds morphed into something like Mount Rushmore and Clemens resembled the characters out of South Park.

By pleasing contrast, Piazza’s appearance never really changed. Not much else to explain. No aberrant behavior, no Cro-magnum-like change in appearance.

Third, Piazza’s temperament was always even-keel. If Piazza had been on steroids, do you think he would’ve been able to keep his cool after Clemens beaned him during the season or threw shards of a shattered bat at him in the World Series? Again, Piazza’s cool demeanor will always stand in pleasing contrast to Clemens uncontrollable temperament. It’s called “Class.”

Further, Piazza’s career ran a natural course and his skills declined gradually as one would expect. Absent from his career is the longevity or the super-nova burst in production often associated with steroid use.

You see, the quality that made Mike Piazza great had nothing to do with steroids – his ability to maximize his incredible talent when it mattered most, to rise to the occasion as only a great ball player can – against the Braves on Fireworks night (Mulholland never had a chance) or the first game in New York, again against the Braves, after 9/11, or against the Yankees in the Subway Series when he pasted Clemens with a grand slam home run. Piazza had a flare for the dramatic against the Mets’ greatest rivals. Its who he is – a Hall of Fame Baseball Player and the greatest hitting catcher ever to play the game.