Read these statements, offered Tuesday in a column by respected baseball writer Jeff Passan, on the day the Baseball Hall of Fame voting will be revealed:
Really, maybe it's just as simple as the guy (Bonds) with the most home runs ever should be in the museum that exists to tell baseball's story.
Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa and everyone else hauled before Congress made for great scapegoats, but the treatment of Bonds by the league has extended well beyond that.
We should be able to acknowledge that Bonds is a cheater, bemoan his actions and argue persuasively that he belongs in Cooperstown anyway.