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The Baseball Hall of Fame, the most august fraternity of its kind in American sports, unveils its latest induction class Wednesday. For the first time this year, balloters must weigh the fate of two eminent stars, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, who are also the most celebrated poster boys for the game’s disgraced steroid era.
Players linked to steroid use have been resoundingly rejected by Hall of Fame voters in recent years, shunned as synthetically enhanced frauds. But drawing an integrity line in the sand is a tenuous stance at a Hall of Fame with a membership that already...
For all of the controversy and verbiage regarding this year’s Hall of Fame ballot, there exists the very real possibility that none of the 37 players will muster the necessary 75 percent to gain election, which would result... more »
Barry Bonds was the first name I checked on my Hall of Fame ballot. Roger Clemens was the second name I checked. Sammy Sosa was the third. There was no hesitation. No moment of wavering. Didn't even blink. more »
The Red Sox were the best team in baseball back on Sept. 1, 2011, when summer turned into a bleak fall after the 7-20 collapse and final-day elimination. That spun out into stories of clubhouse ignominy, the firing of manager... more »
The Los Angeles Dodgers sold for $2 billion in 2012. Two billion! That's, like, two thousand million! It's, like, so much more dough than any club has ever before sold for that even Krispy Kreme would cry... more »
It was a day born out of one of the best baseball has ever had. That day was Sept. 28, 2011. Remember? Four games settled two playoff berths. Two of them went extra innings. Another was a bottom of the ninth walk-off. The... more »
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