PLAYERS:
Barry Bonds,
Mike Piazza,
Sammy Sosa,
Jack Morris,
Craig Biggio,
Roger Clemens,
Dave Brown,
Aaron Sele,
Bill Walton,
Pete Rose,
Buster Olney
The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) failed to elect anyone to the class 2013 for the first time since 1996. The list of names that were shuned included Barry Bonds, Mike Piazza, Sammy Sosa, Alan Trammel, Jack Morris, Craig Biggio and Roger Clemens. Biggio was the closest to being elected but came up 39 votes short of the 427 needed. Surprise, surprise, but none of the connected steroid players were even close to being elected, including the Home Run King, Barry Bonds (36.2%).It was disappointing to hear this news but the reactions from the Twittersphere made everything better:We should just build our own Hall of Fame and put it somewhere cool like Cancun and not actually build it and just go drink on the beach— Bobby Big Wheel (@BobbyBigWheel) January 9, 2013BBWAA da bang a dang diggy diggy diggy said the boogie said up jump the boogie— Dave Brown (@AnswerDave) January 9, 2013Shoutout to Aaron Sele’s mom, long-time beat writer for the Sheboygan Tribune-Picayune.— J...
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