"ORLANDO, Fla. -- With Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens facing only one more chance under the current rules to get into baseball's Hall of Fame, the Hall chairman thinks they were turned down because contemporary era committee members evaluate the Steroids Era in the same manner as baseball writers."
""I'm not surprised because I think there's overlap and obviously discussions among the writers and we have writers represented on that committee," Hall chairman Jane Forbes Clark said Monday following a news conference with Kent at the winter meetings."
""What's lovely about it is it's going to open up spots on the ballot so that more people can be reviewed," Clark said. "They certainly can come back in six years, in '31, but between now and then some other people will have a chance because I think that's really important.""
"A seven-time NL MVP and 14-time All-Star outfielder, Bonds set the career home run record with 762 and the season record with 73 in 2001. A seven-time Cy Young Award winner, Clemens went 354-184 with a 3.12 ERA and 4,672 strikeouts, third behind Nolan Ryan (5,714) and Randy Johnson (4,875)."
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens each received fewer than five votes from the 16-person contemporary-era Hall of Fame committee. The committee elected Jeff Kent. Hall chairman Jane Forbes Clark said committee members overlap with baseball writers and that similarity influenced the votes. Under a March rule change, candidates receiving fewer than five votes are removed from that committee's ballot for three years and face permanent barring if they fail the threshold again. Bonds and Clemens could reappear in 2031 but would be barred if they again receive fewer than five votes. Clark said the rule change will open ballot spots for other candidates.
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