Every year, as baseball's steroid era - or, at least, most the obvious one - becomes a little smaller in the rearview mirror, the most blatant of the cheaters inch a little closer to the Hall of Fame.
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens didn't get in this time, but their percentage of votes on the ballots cast by the Baseball Writers Association of America increased once again. It takes 75 percent to be elected. Bonds and Clemens reached 53.8 and 54.1 percent, respectively, a jump of roughly 10 points over the previous year.
The winners announced Wednesday night were Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell, and Ivan Rodriguez.