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Rafael Palmeiro's fall from grace this week -- well, that already came for the 2 or 3 people who actually read Jose Canseco's book and found him to be a credible author -- has created two basic storylines: 1) To what extent has this guy used steroids? (i.e. how much is he lying to cover himself?) And 2) What has he done to his Hall of Fame chances? How you answer that probably depends on how his steroid use registers on your "moral integrity meter," as a commenter at The Key Monk's blog suggests.

SI.com's Tom Verducci makes a key distinction between cheating (throwing spitballs, for example) and breaking the law (using illegal steroids, tax evasion, etc.). On my HofF ballot -- relax, I don't have one -- those who have committed crimes of this magnitude aren't eligible, making the moral-integrity quotient irrelevant.