Put Mark McGuire in the Hall of Fame

Flopping Aces ^ | 12-12-21 | DrJohn

[Starman417]

OK, that's not Mark McGuire but hang on. It's a picture of "Lia" Thomas. He/she used to be Will Thomas (below).

Will Thomas was a college swimmer at UPenn for three years as a male. Now he portrays himself as a woman and is smashing women's swimming records to bits.

Lia Thomas left Akron with the nation’s fastest 200 freestyle time, the nation’s top time in the 500 free & 1650 time that would’ve had Thomas in the finals at the 2021 NCAA Championships. Thomas won the 1650 at the Akron Zippy Invitational by 38 seconds over her teammate. Her results in all three races set new Penn records along with meet and pool records.

Friday night in the 500 free, Thomas won the race by 12 seconds; she won the 200 free by seven seconds.

These times, while good, would not very notable in men's competitions. Now he/she is killing it against women. They have no chance.

This sucks.

It's not fair to real women. Sorry, but Thomas is not a real woman. Genes don't lie. Neither are Laurel Hubbard nor the track and field man-girls in Connecticut real women. It's sanctioned cheating. It's reduced to tears the young women who have trained so hard for the sport. Penn has told them to shut up.

"Now they’re having to go behind the blocks knowing no matter what, they do not have the chance to win. I think that it’s really getting to everyone."

That bring me to Mark McGuire. It also brings me to Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Manny Ramirez, Roger Clemens, Raphael Palmeiro, Pudge Rodriguez, Jeff Bagwell, A-Rod, Gary Sheffield and David Ortiz.

Why are they not in the Hall of Fame?

In a word, cheating.

All have had accusations of steroid use levied against them. Steroids in these cases are called "Performance Enhancing Drugs." They're called that for a reason. Steroids can enhance performance. They can make you stronger and faster. Kind of like artificial muscles. Here's the thing- why is this cheating any different than testosterone blockers?

[PGR88]

[Alberta's Child]

I don’t know … maybe I just look at this differently. The story of this misfit doesn’t just expose the idiocy of “gender fluidity.” Perhaps it also tells us that gender-segregated sports competition is a farce, too.

Let’s be honest here: Women’s sports are invariably awful, and are just bad imitations of the real thing.

[DSH]

Let’s be honest here: Women’s sports are invariably awful, and are just bad imitations of the real thing.

As spectator sports, I agree. But so what? Should women not have the same opportunities to compete -- and to be able to compete fairly -- in sports as men? Isn't there value in sports competition beyond simply providing entertainment to fat asses lounging on the couch at home, beer in hand, making prop bets online?

I mean, if not, then why do we spend taxpayers' money for something like high school athletics?

Personally, I think the HoF status of Mark McGwire has pretty much nothing to do with the situation involving this guy at Penn pretending to be a girl.

I also think this article would maybe have a bit more credibility if whoever it is who wrote it had managed to spell Mark McGwire's effing name correctly.

[T.B. Yoits]

The true criteria for a baseball player’s entrance into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame is how many dollars they brought to their teams’ owners, advertisers, and the league. The other stats are for starry-eyed children.

[Alberta's Child]

Should women not have the same opportunities to compete -- and to be able to compete fairly -- in sports as men?

Absolutely. Who’s stopping them?

Isn't there value in sports competition beyond simply providing entertainment to fat asses lounging on the couch at home, beer in hand, making prop bets online?

Absolutely. I’m not sure what this has to do with the subject at hand. I would think most women’s collegiate sports attract almost no interest from anyone outside the families of the competitors … so they clearly aren’t doing this for entertainment purposes.

I mean, if not, then why do we spend taxpayers' money for something like high school athletics?

You’re asking the wrong person that question. If I was a school superintendent one of my top priorities would be to eliminate that useless crap.

[OrangeHoof]

That bring me to Mark McGuire. It also brings me to Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Manny Ramirez, Roger Clemens, Raphael Palmeiro, Pudge Rodriguez, Jeff Bagwell, A-Rod, Gary Sheffield and David Ortiz.

Why are they not in the Hall of Fame? Pudge and Bagwell are already in the Hall of Fame. A-Rod and Ortiz are on the Hall of Fame ballot this year for the first time.

This idiot doesn't know their facts as well as posting irrelevant headlines.

Please delete this trash.

[DSH]

Perhaps it also tells us that gender-segregated sports competition is a farce, too.

I suppose I was struck by this earlier statement of yours, that's all. The suggestion that "gender-segregated sports competition is a farce" might reasonably be construed as communicating the notion that women shouldn't engage in competitive sports at all.

Alternatively, it could be read as one's asserting that, if women wish to participate in competitive sports, the only option available to them would to be compete against men.

As the father of a (now-grown) daughter, I reject both positions, the first being chauvinist nonsense and the second being simple nonsense. Neither is the correct response to the "transgender" perversity as it pertains to women's sports.

[Alberta's Child]

The “farce” of gender-segregated sports is that it undermines the entire modern feminist narrative of “equality.” Letting men compete in women’s sports is exactly what “equality” means, isn’t it?

This is why the institution of women’s sports is ultimately going to be destroyed by the political and legal measures that were designed to eliminate discrimination based on race and gender in the first place. Legally, gender-segregated sports in public accommodations are no different than public bathrooms or buses that are segregated by race.