Even though he was an extremely talented baseball player - historically, one of the very best - I've always laughed at the fact that the Baseball Hall of Fame cliams to judge a player for admission based on performance on the field coupled with attitudes, sportsmanship and character both on and off the field, because in Cobb's case, there seems to be no truth to that statement whatsoever. With the first few rounds of players form the "steroid era," coming up for HOF voting and getting denied I always chucle a little bit inside. I guess by the HOF's standards, its ok for a player to sharpen down his metal cleats, "spike" opposing players purposefully with the intention of hurting them, be an all around dirty player, and be an overt racist with no public aversion toward using the word "******." With an individual like that in the HOF, it always makes me laugh that using steroids, or even being suspected of doing so is, by today's standards, enough to keep a player out of the HOF for life, regardless of what that player has done individually for the game, or for the community in which he lives.
