MLB doesn't have anything to do with the Hall of Fame, it is independently owned and operated. As for the steroid era, it is very clear that baseball turned a blind eye to the use of steroids because fans were flocking to the parks, tv viewership was up, and life was great. However, the player's union also did nothing to help the situation as their stars were getting huge contracts and even some middle of the road players were scoring deals due to the juice. The players union would never have gone along with testing if the feds hadn't got involved, the union was more than willing to let its members use steroids and put their health in jepardy all in the name of membership dues.

Pretty tough to erase stats and penalize someone for an activity that there was no rules or regulations about prior to the act. I know that steroids were and are illegal but how many chances did Strawberry, Gooden, and Steve Howe get for illegal drug use?

As for Pete Rose, Pete would be back in baseball by now if he hadn't been so defiant all these years. MLB has a ton of dirt that they have never released on Pete and it supposedly doesn't show Pete at Bible study.