Mke Schmidt Would Welcome Steroid Users to Hall of Fame

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Philadelphia Phillies Hall-of-Famer Mike Schmidt would welcome steroid users like Alex Rodriguez to the Hall of Fame:

"I'd welcome him if he got elected to the Hall of Fame," Schmidt said Wednesday just outside Bright House Field. "I always seem to walk down the middle of the fence. I understand the old hard-line guys that use the words, 'He cheated. He cheated.' And the other guys that go, 'It was a culture thing back then.' If you played then, you would have been tempted, too. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. I don't want to get that wrong. We've all got some things in our closet."

Mike Schmidt thinks he would have used steroids if he played in baseball's steroid era:

Would Schmidt have gotten caught up in the steroid culture had he played in that era?

"Most likely," Schmidt said. "Why not?"

Schmidt thought Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were amazing:

"I was sort of brought back to baseball by McGwire and Sosa, by the home run chase there," Schmidt said. "I really got reenergized myself by the whole thing. I can't say I was watching them going, 'These guys are juiced.' But I was thinking, 'These guys are amazing.' Not only are they great hitters -- great home run hitters -- they're great entertainers. That was the point in my mind where the persona of the player totally changed. They were Ruthian-type entertainers. These guys played to the TV."

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