The 2017 National Baseball Hall of Fame class is now known. On Wednesday night baseball fans found out that catcher Ivan Rodriguez, third baseman Jeff Bagwell, and outfielder Tim Raines will be enshrined in Cooperstown this summer. Wrongfully, Barry Bonds remains left out of the Hall of Fame.
In my opinion, the most hallowed record in all of sports is the Major League Baseball home run record. That record is, of course, held by Barry Lamar Bonds with 762 career home runs. And owning that record does not even begin to touch on why Barry Bonds should have been a first ballot Hall of Fame selection.