As part of their ever-evolving online presence, The State Journal-Register, the newspaper here in Springfield, has started online sports polls.
A couple of recent polls have been whether Greg Maddux should be traded and whether you enjoy listening to the Moonman on Cardinals radio broadcasts.
Tuesday’s poll asks the immortal question:
Would you vote for Mark McGwire as a Hall-of-Famer?
They didn’t include a “You gotta be shittin’ me, Pyle!” option, so I just voted no.
It’s hard to feel good about a guy who shrivels in the face of a grandstanding congressional panel. He was entirely within his rights to repeatedly whine “I’m not here to talk about the past,” but that answer tells me that his past is something he’s not proud of. Otherwise, he’d gladly talk about it.
So, again, I voted no (speaking of grandstanding) for McGwire in the Hall. When I registered my choice at about 1:30 p.m., the results were split 50-50. As of about 2:15 it was about 55-45 to the “no” side.
Head on over to sj-r.com and go skew the poll results. J.P. will thank you.
