Hall of Fame Odds Slip for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens (NYT)

In newly revealed ballots, voters have not changed their minds about two candidates dogged by their association with steroid use

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Tommy Lasorda: No on Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens or Sammy Sosa to the Hall of Fame

“To me, they don’t belong in there. They cheated. That’s the way it is. If my brother did that, I’d say the same thing about my brother. I mean, I know those guys. They’re good friends of mine. But by golly, they didn’t do it the right way. I tell you, it’s a shame. How in the hell could a guy hit 73 friggin’ home runs? I mean, Babe Ruth couldn’t do it.”



 --- Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame manager, Los Angeles Dodgers

Thom Loverro: No on Barry Bonds

"Bonds, Sosa and Clemens fail on all three counts." - Thom Loverro


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Barry Bonds vs. Roger Clemens

Roger Clemens is his own manager, lawyer, public relations specialist, strength coach, pitching coach, and now trapeze artist.

Just look at his career. Look at the results:

Career: 354-184 (9th), 3.12 ERA, 4672 SO (3rd), P, 1986 AL MVP, 7xCy, 11xAllStar

How can you argue with the results?

Now, in his most difficult feat of all, he attempts a comeback stunt.

He dislikes being associated with Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire. He dislikes when he hears Barry Bonds say "I'd going to the end of the earth for [Roger]." He dislikes that people laugh at him and will not vote him into Cooperstown.

Roger Clemens wants to end the laughter.



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Rafael Palmeiro Supports Barry Bonds

Rafael Palmeiro says he believes Barry Bonds and Clemens belong in Hall of Fame


The Truth according to Rafael Palmeiro:

"You're talking about, in my opinion, probably the best pitcher of all-time and the greatest player of all-time. Keep them out and then the Hall of Fame has no credibility."

More Rafy:

"I know what kind of career I had. I'm good with it. I can look at myself in the mirror and feel good and proud of what I accomplished. Clemens and Bonds, 10 years before they retired they were the best players in the game. These guys dominated the game before anything was ever mentioned about anything.”

Deford: Don't Insult Baseball

"To vote for Bonds and Clemens for the Hall of Fame is, above all, an insult to all the good guys who played fair." --- Frank Deford, Sports Illustrated

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Another 'No' vote against Barry Bonds

Why I won't vote for Barry Bonds 

By Lowell Cohn
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

I am writing about Barry Bonds and why, at this time, I don't plan to vote for him for the Baseball Hall of Fame. It is not the first time I've written about this and it won't be the last.


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Curt Shilling casts his vote on Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds

Whether Roger Clemens, an early mentor to him, should be in the Hall of Fame:
"No, he shouldn't. I don't believe any of those who cheated should get votes. You never know when they did and when they didn't. I don't know how much was real. That's just me. I don't think anybody who did it should get in.

"Wait, you said [for years] that you never did it? Now [you say] you did? It's the Pete Rose defense. And you got caught the first time you did it? And how about when you [actually] started? That's a whole other conversation. It's just very black and white: They got caught doing it, they're out. Unfortunately, some of my friends and teammates are on that list and it makes me disappointed they made that decision. It doesn't make me like them less. Now, Barry Bonds? How can you even remotely consider that guy a nice guy?"

Sports Illustrated interview

Pat Caputo won't vote for Barry Bonds for the Hall of Fame

Why I won't vote for Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens or Sammy Sosa for the Hall of Fame

Happy New Year, Barry Bonds!

Let's face it, 2011 was a great year for Barry Lamar Bonds. 

A perjury conviction didn't happen in 2011. It was one vote short.

A conviction of obstructing a U.S. probe of steroid use did happen.

However, United States prosecutors asked Judge Susan Illston to send the slugger Barry Bonds to prison. That didn't come close to happening.

Judge Susan Illston, apparently a long-time San Francisco Giants fan, let those feelings manifest themselves into a nice home team victory for the MLB all-time leader in walks. And did he walk.

Nice Judge Susan sentenced Bonds to two years probation and 30 days home confinement and 250 hours of community service.

What a 2011 for the slugger!

What will 2012 bring for Barry Lamar Bonds?

Well, Hall of Fame decisions must be made for the 2013 induction. Both Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are eligible for Hall induction next year. The Baseball Writers Association of America will evaluate their overall worthiness. So shall we. It should be an interesting 2012 for Barry Bonds.

Friday Firings: Roger Clemens Trial

Sports HR: Friday Firings: Roger Clemens Trial: "Clemens technically won, but he's still a loser. If there is a record for quickest mistrial, the prosecution in the Roger Clemens perjury..."

Roger Clemens could walk away scot-free

RebelYankeeChick: Roger Clemens could walk away scot-free: "Federal prosecutors have shown great skill in pursuing terrorists and other evildoers, but for some reason they seem completely incompetent..."

Barry Bonds and Question number 37

The Roger Clemens perjury trial began jury selection on Wednesday in Washington DC.

Prospective jurors faced numerous questions related to baseball, sports and performance enhancing drugs.

Question number 37 of the day asked jurors if they had heard of Barry Bonds' perjury trial earlier this year.

A hitter, a pitcher and baseball on trial

Bonds, Clemens about to stand trial

Baseball's biggest stars implicated in steroids use, will face juries on opposite ends of country.



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A Hall of Fame Vote for Barry Bonds (eventually)

Pinstripe Alley: Will you support Barry Bonds with your Hall of Fame vote? What about Roger Clemens and A-Rod?

Rob Neyer: I don't get to vote until (I think) 2019. But yes, I plan to vote for all three of them if they're still on the ballot. Does anybody want to argue that they wouldn't have posted Hall of Fame numbers without steroids?


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Bud Selig ... not a witness

Bud Selig Defends MLB Steroid Testing; Stays Out of Bonds, Clemens Trials

  

Bud Selig, Major League Baseball commissioner, says that he does NOT expect to be called as a witness in the Barry Bonds or Roger Clemens trials.

Clemens' best option: Misremember his ego

Plead guilty. Now. Or risk the worst punishment imaginable -- a permanent place alongside Barry Bonds as the two-faced monster of baseball's Steroid Era.


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Barry Bonds in the news over the past month

Barry Bonds: The Last Piece to New York's Championship Puzzle
22 May 2009 by Daniel Sandker
Barry Bonds is one of the greatest hitters in the history of baseball, period. Steroids or not, there is no way to deny his unparallelled ability. Granted, he is 44 years old. He hasn't played baseball for 2 years. ...
Hot Stove New York - http://www.hotstovenewyork.com/


25 Years of Baseball » Blog Archive » Barry Bonds Home Run History ...
23 May 2009 by Steve
Steroids or not, Barry Bonds is one of the greatest hitters ever. By 1998, he had already hit 400 home runs and stole 400 bases. Hank Aaron had about the same number of home runs at the same point in his career, but not nearly as many ...
25 Years of Baseball - http://25yearsofbaseball.com/


Gary Sheffield & Barry Bonds Kiss & Make Up : EveryJoe - Sports ...
17 May 2009 by Cherie Burbach
Remember when Gary Sheffield and Barry Bonds were not quite best pals? First the two lived together during the 2001 training season (which was when they got close and also fought) and then Sheffield was ticked because he “got pulled ...
EveryJoe - http://www.everyjoe.com/



Roger Clemens And Barry Bonds Belong In The Hall Of Fame
12 May 2009 by FanIQ Blog
Roger Clemens And Barry Bonds Belong In The Hall Of Fame Roger Clemens was interviewed this morning on ESPN's Mike and Mike radio show. Honestly, it was nothing spectacular. It was the same old denials that he has given in the.
FanIQ Blog - http://www.faniq.com/

Barry Bonds sits for the integrity of the game

Jack Marshall, a professional ethicist, writer, lawyer and lifetime baseball enthusiast, writes at The Hardball Times the reasons why no MLB team signed Barry Bonds during the 2008 baseball season.

Yes, the reason has to do with the ethics and culture surrounding baseball - which differs from every other major sport.

Miguel Tejada, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens

Congress Aims at Tejada, Clemens, Bonds

By HOWARD FENDRICH and JOSEPH WHITE

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking on baseball's steroids problem once again, Congress kept the finger-pointing and tough questioning to a minimum. Maybe that's because the people under the most scrutiny this time — Miguel Tejada, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens — were nowhere to be seen.

Commissioner Bud Selig and union leader Donald Fehr accepted responsibility for the sport's drug boom and the author of the Mitchell Report defended his findings in the same wood-paneled House hearing room that hosted a far longer and far more contentious session in March 2005.

It didn't take long for the focus to shift to players Tuesday.