Yesterday, the Baseball hall of fame commission voted on all the players who should be admitted to the 2012 Hall of Fame. Who struck out? Everyone did, because this year no one was elected.
Perhaps with all the drug scandals and drug testing that has been going on in the hall of fame, the commission was deterred from having people join one of the most exclusive and historical sports legion.
Both Barry Bonds (who has smacked more home runs than anyone in a single season or career) and Roger Clemens (who has won 354 career games and winner of the Cy Young Award for his league’s best pitcher seven times) were denied entrance. This is the first time that no one has been admitted to the Hall of Fame since 1996. So who do you think should have made it this year
The NYTimes did the right thing this morning
A pitcher who won seven Cy Young Awards wasn't elected to the Hall of Fame.
A man who hit 609 home runs only got 12.5 percent of the vote.
A catcher who made 12 All-Star teams missed election by 98 votes.
Even a guy who got 3,060 hits found out Wednesday he didn't do enough to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
The pitcher who won the most Cy Youngs in history (Roger Clemens)?
The man who broke Roger Maris' storied home-run record (Mark McGwire)?
The hitter who had more 60-homer seasons than any player ever (Sammy Sosa)?
The greatest hitting catcher in history (Mike Piazza)?
One of four hitters with 3,000 hits and 500 home runs (Rafael Palmeiro)?
Nah. LAME!
