https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/01/28/barry-bonds-roger-clemens-steroids-hall-fame/
John Feinstein’s best column ever, as he totally demolishes
all of the justifications advanced for enshrining Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens
in Baseball’s Hall of Fame.
“Baseball does
have a character clause on its ballot — unlike, for example, the NFL. If MLB
and the Baseball Hall of Fame wanted to remove that clause, they could, but
they choose not to do so, for good reason. A Hall of Fame should be about more
than numbers; it should be about what a player — or manager or owner or
commissioner — meant to the history of the game.”
“A Hall of Fame — in any sport — is supposed to be about
what is good in that game. It goes beyond numbers. … [T]he steroid cheats
damaged the game.”
