The voters have spoken: An asterisk will continue to hover over the front door of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Congratulations to the four 2018 inductees — Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome and Trevor Hoffman — and 2019-bound Edgar Martinez (David Ortiz, you’ll be the second DH elected), but last night’s results confirmed the Baseball Hall of Fame will remain an institution that is unable and unwilling to face its past and future both honestly and directly.
That’s because despite a slight gain in voting, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens still will not stride across the stage in Cooperstown, N.