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A new era: Hall of Fame votes cast for Pudge, Bonds, even Clemens

As a longtime member of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, Gene Myers, who retired last year as sports director of the Free Press, has one of the roughly 450 ballots that will determine the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2017. The results will be announced Jan. 18. The Free Press asked him to comment on his ballot.

Yes, in his first year of eligibility, I voted for Pudge. Kinda with a grudge.

And I also voted, for the first time, for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens.

After years of bypassing candidates saddled with credible evidence that they participated in baseball’s dark arts during the Steroid Era, I finally have accepted that it’s impossible to determine who’s “dirty” and who’s “clean” and who’s fit for fame and who’s fit for shame.