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Keltner List: Barry Bonds (by Kevin Lee)

Here’s an easy one: who threw the ball when Sid slid?

Before this discussion, here’s Mac’s preamble for these lists:

The Keltner List was developed by Bill James as a device to evaluate a player’s Hall of Fame candidacy. In The Politics of Glory James says that it is probably his favorite tool to do that. (You can read about the background in that book, or do a Google search, for further information.)

In a year when one “no-brainer” will be elected (Griffey, Jr.) and one won’t (Bonds), I decided to ask why.