What I meant by if the PED suspension helps or hurts ARod...he has gotten punished for his wrong doing. Guys like Bonds and Clemens never were punished in that concrete manner. So ARod paid his price, will voters for the HOF see it that way and vote for him knowing he has already done his time. I didn't explain that to see what kind of comments it might produce and generate discussion thinking maybe someone would think along those lines.
I'm watching the Yankees game tonight and ARod has passed Bonds for second on the RBI list and has two hits...now just 11 shy of 3000. However his number 13 probably will not get retired by the Yankees. Funny...Dave Winfield's number 31 (13 backwards) also won't get retired...two Yankees who really were great players, but who ownership didn't like.
I think a lot of Yankee fans appreciate ARod. You can't say the guy doesn't care. He wants to win, he wants to produce.