Mr. Bonds, who had “drug suspicion”, got 66.0%, and Mr. Clements got 65.2%, and he was rejected in the final year of the candidate.
On the 25th (26th Japan time), the US Baseball Hall of Fame announced the players who will be inducted into the 2022 Hall of Fame. Barry Bonds, who has hit 762 home runs in history, and Roger Clemens, who has 354 wins in total, have not been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Following the defeat of the two people, who were also suspected of being a drug, the US media has voiced pros and cons that the voting results are “stupid” and “the voters understand.”
Candidates for the Hall of Fame are those who have been retired for five years, and those who belong to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) and get more than 75% of the votes cast by qualified reporters will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. This year was the final year for Mr. Bonds with 66.0% (260 votes) and Mr. Clements with 65.2% (257 votes).
Mr. Bonds and Mr. Clements, who were suspected of using PED, an athletic performance-enhancing drug, showed great success in the history of majors. There were a lot of pros and cons in the voting results that were “lost.”
David Lennon, a reporter for the New York newspaper “News Day,” seems unconvinced on his Twitter account that “The Baseball Hall of Fame without Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens is ridiculous.” “It’s a double standard to elect Ortiz and keep other banned drug users, such as Bonds and Clements, who aren’t liked by everyone, into the Hall of Fame,” said Phil Stram, a reporter for USA Today. I don’t care about getting in, “he said.
On the other hand, Ken Reed, who is the anchor of the Canadian TV station “Sports Net”, is convinced that “the voters understand it properly”. “Bonds cheated. He doesn’t respect the history of baseball and record books. For me and many others, the home run king is Hank Aaron,” he said.
“I’m not surprised that the US Baseball Hall of Fame has excluded Bonds and Clemens,” said John Michaels, the show’s host at Atlanta’s radio station “680 the fan.”
(Full-Count editorial department)
