The Baseball Hall of Fame announced the official ballot for 2019 induction this Monday morning. There are 20 new candidates and 15 returning, but we’re all here to talk about how we already know that Barry Bonds won’t be one of the new inductees when the results are announced on January 22nd.
Despite Willie Mays’ stump speech at Bonds’ retirement ceremony —
— the baseball stalwarts and gatekeepers just aren’t interested in admitting this particular ornery cheater into their ranks, no matter what a living legend or exemplar Hall of Famer might say.