Talk:Baseball HOF debate/@comment-93339-20060312163307

The earliest anyone can date Bonds&quot; steroid use back to is 1998. I guess that goes along with the change in his body as well. So this means we have from 1986-1997 to decide if he was worthy of the Hall. Well, by that time he had 3 MVPs(and a 2nd place in 1991), had a season high of .677 SLG with 3 other .600 seasons, 8 consecutive seasons with a .400  OBP, over 400 SBs, 7 Gold Gloves, 3 seasons with the best HR/AB. It seems to be he was a Hall of Famer before he became a "steroid induced machine."