Broken-clock Right

One of my favorite sayings is, even a broken clock gets the time right twice a day. As evidence, I give you Alex Rodriguez. If Rodriguez has ever said anything of value or great truth, it slips my memory. That is, until he appeared on SeriusXM this week. Rodriguez mentioned Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds, who so far have failed to gain admittance into Cooperstown because voters have held real or alleged steroids’ use against them. “All of this stuff you’re talking about was under Bud Selig’s watch. The fact that those two guys are not in, but somehow, Bud Selig is in the Hall of Fame, that to me feels like there’s a little bit, some hypocrisy around that.” [quote in story appearing in The Athletic, 11-26-2025]. Thank you, broken clock. If Selig is in the HOF despite his years of playing the ostrich in the face of rampant MLB steroids’ abuse, then McGwire, Bonds, Rodriguez and others shouldn’t be penalized. But, if steroids’ use disqualifies a player, then knowledge of said use should disqualify Selig. What did the commissioner know, and when did he know it?