You have to judge him against his peers in the game. He hasn't been banished from the game like Rose, and his accomplishments on the field stand for themselves.
More Quotes from Mike Schmidt:
We've had teams from Greenwood that come here and play, and those people are going to eat.Mike Schmidt
I had more people come to me and say 'It was great to see a player of your caliber treat that honestly and not come out totally against the current players.
Mike Schmidt
There's a lot of sad elements in that thing. It was sad that Pete bet on baseball. It was sad that Pete thought he could get away with it. It was sad the way he confessed, so to speak. The way the league perceived that he admitted to it was sad, and it's sad now the way baseball is handling it. It truly could be put to bed one way or the other, and I think we all sort of wish that would happen for all the parties.
Mike Schmidt
You're trying your damndest, you strike out and they boo you. I act like it doesn't bother me, like I don't hear anything the fans say, but the truth is I hear every word of it and it kills me.
Mike Schmidt
I think the Baseball Hall of Fame should take a stronger position on a lot of issues,
Mike Schmidt
It's sort of a study in the human nature of how things like this can happen and how turning a blind eye on the subject allowed baseball to recover in the late '90s and 2000 with the offensive explosion. And now, how the right steps have been taken by the players' association and the commissioner's office to totally cleanse the game.
Mike Schmidt
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Praise the Lord, O England's Jerusalem: and Netherland's Zion, praise ye the Lord! He hath secured your gates, and blessed your possessions with peace, even here, where the threatened torch of war was lighted.Peter Stuyvesant
When my horse is running good, I don't stop to give him sugar.
Douglas Horton
We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.
Marcel Proust