Gaylord Perry, Hall of Fame Pitcher With a Doctoring Touch, Dies at 84

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5. It's kind of funny.

Everyone talks about how guys who used PEDs should be forbidden from the Hall and how sign stealers should have their trophies taken away and all that horseshit and here’s a guy who admitted to cheating his entire career and he’s beloved.

Cheating is a time honored tradition in baseball. It’s been going on since the game was invented. It makes me laugh to hear all these people on their high horses pretending that there’s some kind of sacrosanct “purity” to the sport and Barry Bonds and Roger Clemons spoiled it all by making themselves stronger, less prone to injury and have greater endurance and recovery time. It’s absurd.

If they’re pariahs for “cheating” and shouldn’t be allowed in then Perry and anyone else who ever corked a bat, threw a spitter or tipped off a hitter about a coming pitch should be removed.

Sounds ridiculous, right? It’s all ridiculous.

The only thing that actually undermines the “integrity” of the game is gambling on it. Everything else is fair.