Once you start putting asterisks out there, it will never stop. You can think of any number of reasons to put one there. Segregation - expansions - longer season - night games - artificial turf - smaller ballparks - height of the mound - the stirke zone - tightly wrapped baseballs - gambling - steroids - jet lag - train travel - fan intereference - umpire corruption - the list goes on....
Unfortunately the damage is done. Everything counts statistically. I don't like it any more than anyone else. But every player believed to have used performance enhancing drugs will have a cloud over their name from here on out. So when some of these guys get elected to the HOF and people start booing and protesting at Cooperstown, and some fans start carving asterisks into their plaques, we will see more things hit the fan.
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