Basically, which person or incident did the most harm or was the most embarrassing (http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?125859-Who-is-the-real-quot-black-mark-on-baseball-quot) for the sport?

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PED's without a doubt. It's the main reason why I refuse to watch baseball games to this day. My biggest gripe though is a personal one. I was a huge collector of sportscards and accumulated a large collection of Bonds, Canseco Clemens, McGwire, Palmeiro, Rodriguez & Sosa rookie cards and some were quite valuable but when the PED's scandal hit they plummeted in price. Luckily, I still have my basketball collection.

PED's runined the game almost. Myself being a Chicago Cubs fan got so mad and still mad at SamME Sosa for cheating fans. Sure '98 was nice but when you go from a stick figure when you first get traded to the Cubs in '92 to a roided out slugger with an attitude that the team didnt matter in the matter of a few years. That's what did it for me. I'm still a Cubs fan but by no means a Sammy Sosa fan.

The strike of 1994 made my list. It was the only time the game got abrupted and everyone lost!

The 1994 Strike in my opinion

The 1994 strike made barely a dent compared to the PED's scandal. A player on strike doesn't affect their game performance but PED's do. The only thing I hated during the strike was the use of replacement players. :rolleyes: I also don't consider Pete Rose to be a black mark, the man belongs in the Hall of Fame.

I would say PEDs

The cocaine thing wasnt good either.....