[BillBradley]

It's all for naught anyway. Yes, the Baseball Writers have passed on Bonds and Clemens 10 times, so they won't get in via that ballot. Instead, they will have to wait until...December of this year. That's when the "Today's Game" committee meets and votes. That committee is comprised of people who were actually involved in competition (hall of fame players, managers, umpires, etc.) and a handful of senior writers. They won't be as focused on the character piece (or the "he was a jerk to me and never gave me stuff to write about" piece) and will almost certainly vote both of them into the HOF in December. Highly doubtful they keep a 7 time MVP and a 7 time Cy Young winner out of the hall. The voting situation is way different than Rose, where he was kicked out of baseball and thus can't appear on any of these ballots.

p.s. It's crazy to look at Bonds stats on https://www.baseball-reference.com/playe...ba01.shtml. His big year (2001) where he broke the record and hit 73 homers sticks out like a sore thumb. The years right before and immediately after 2001 were very close in numbers. His numbers after they instituted steroid testing were crazy good. A$$hole and cheater, but an unbelievable baseball player.

[BillBradley]

It's all for naught anyway. Yes, the Baseball Writers have passed on Bonds and Clemens 10 times, so they won't get in via that ballot. Instead, they will have to wait until...December of this year. That's when the "Today's Game" committee meets and votes. That committee is comprised of people who were actually involved in competition (hall of fame players, managers, umpires, etc.) and a handful of senior writers. They won't be as focused on the character piece (or the "he was a jerk to me and never gave me stuff to write about" piece) and will almost certainly vote both of them into the HOF in December. Highly doubtful they keep a 7 time MVP and a 7 time Cy Young winner out of the hall. The voting situation is way different than Rose, where he was kicked out of baseball and thus can't appear on any of these ballots.

p.s. It's crazy to look at Bonds stats on https://www.baseball-reference.com/playe...ba01.shtml. His big year (2001) where he broke the record and hit 73 homers sticks out like a sore thumb. The years right before and immediately after 2001 were very close in numbers. His numbers after they instituted steroid testing were crazy good. A$$hole and cheater, but an unbelievable baseball player.