Eric Gagne retiring

[doublem23]

Since he hasn't seen the light of day in an MLB uniform since 2008, this is sort of a formality, but he sure had a dominant (albeit, likely steroid-aided) run earlier this decade.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100419&content_id=9418178&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

His run from 2002-2004 with the Dodgers is absolutely mind blowing.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gagneer01.shtml#2002-2004-sum:pitching_simple

[Boondock Saint]

The needle in his ass retired five years ago.

He barely deserves consideration for the hall of pretty good.

[Sam Spade]

Not even close.

[kittle42]

Can any serious baseball fan answer anything but option 3? Eric Gagne? Hall of Fame? Can we also have a poll about, say, Dante Bichette?

[Bobby Thigpen]

We letting in Bobby Thigpen too?

Heck, he may have a better case since he did it sans "help".

[soxfanatlanta]

He was useless when he was not juicing.

[Bobby Thigpen]

He was useless when he was not juicing.
I think he could be used as example #1 for those guys like McGwire who contend that steroids don't really help you play baseball.

[TheOldRoman]

I should clarify that I misread the poll questions. I don't think he would be a lock if he were clean, but he would have definately would have deserved consideration.