text: If you had to chose between the 2, I think Pete Rose should enter into the HOF.  His individual accomplishments as a "pure" athlete are truly amazing.  If you look at Bonds' career before he supposedly started taking steroids, he should also enter into the HOF, but not before Rose.  What I don't get is people who say he didn't take steroids, or that it wasn't illegal in baseball at that time to take it.  Are you kidding me??? Bonds testified under a grand-jury that he "unkowingly" took steroids.  That's like saying, "I didn't know my friend was giving me pot brownies for the past 5 years."  Of course you're gonna' know something's up if your body/mind has a drastic effect from something you're taking.  Also, what makes baseball above the law?  "Steroids weren't illegal in baseball at that time."  Yes, they were.  They were & are illegal in the United States.