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2025 Topps Chrome Update is the final flagship release of 2025 featuring the illustrious rookie debut patch autos and other high-value rookie auto cards.
Baseball Hall of Fame chairman Jane Forbes Clark told reporters on Monday that Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds weren't voted into the Hall this year because contemporary era committee members evaluate the Steroids Era in the same manner as baseball writers.
How many of the most prolific power hitters in baseball today can you name in 5 minutes?
When it comes to unforgettable plays within the 2025 sports calendar, this was truly a special year. Here's our rankings of the 25 best.
Barry Bonds’ chances of making the Baseball Hall of Fame appear to be dead once and for all. The Hall of Fame on Sunday announced the results from the 2025 round of balloting by the Contemporary Baseball Era committee, a 16-member committee that reconsiders players who have dropped off the traditional balloting process.
Bonds, Clemens, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela each received less than five votes and are not eligible to be voted on in the next cycle, meaning this group must wait until 2031 to be considered again.
As MLB gears up for the upcoming Contemporary Era Committee announcement, the conversation around the sport’s most polarizing figure has reignited. Two former Major League Baseball players, Kevin Pillar and Todd Frazier, voiced their belief that Barry Bonds deserves his place in Cooperstown.
Hall of Fame players Ferguson Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Juan Marichal, Tony Pérez, Ozzie Smith, Alan Trammell and Robin Yount are among the committee that will consider a Hall ballot that includes Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Don Mattingly and Dale Murphy.
America's favorite pastime has more memorable performances than any sport. As such, figuring out which pitchers had the best seasons ever is no easy task.
Technically, the 2025-26 MLB offseason began almost a month ago, but the action is only just getting started. Four notable free agents accepted qualifying offers, and a few more – including, Josh Naylor, Dylan Cease, and Ryan Helsley – have signed multi-year deals.
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela were revealed Monday by the Hall of Fame as this year’s candidates on the Era Committee ballot.
Two of the greatest players in MLB history, shunned from baseball immortality over links to performance-enhancing drugs, have another chance for selection to the Hall of Fame.
PITTSBURGH — Barry Bonds finished his MLB career as one of the greatest hitters that ever played the game of baseball and one Pirates prospect is hitting just like him in a recent stretch.
San Francisco Giants shortstop Willy Adames looked like a free-agency flop early in the season. Now, he's done something no Giant had done since 2004.
Offense has been an issue for the San Francisco Giants at times during the 2025 MLB regular season. But that wasn’t always the case in August. The team saw glimpses of what could be when it comes to their lineup down the stretch and into the future.
Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. joined baseball legend Barry Bonds in some very rare history this week, according to Dave Holtzman of the Royals communication department.
Even 18 years later, it's still special watching the highlight of Barry Bonds setting the MLB all-time home run record. The crowd is brewing in anticipation before they pitch is delivered, and the fans collectively stand up in elation at the crack of the bat.
28 MLB players have hit 500 or more home runs over the span of their careers. How many members of this exclusive fraternity can you name in six minutes?
While many of the greatest players in MLB history have been enshrined in Cooperstown, there have been several who have yet to join their ranks.
Washington Nationals left fielder James Wood received a treatment on Sunday that no hitter has been subjected to since Barry Bonds’ heyday.
The San Francisco Giants kept their distance from Barry Bonds for years, but that has changed recently. Now the team is going to some significant lengths to ensure that Bonds is a part of their history forever.
The San Francisco Giants don't have a strong farm system. Ranked 24th by Baseball America and 28th by MLB Pipeline, they have been impacted by graduating a few of their young players.
The Arkansas Razorbacks women's softball team had a tremendous 2024-25 season, going 43-12 with a 14-10 record in the conference. The Razorbacks were fueled
For many MLB seasons, many star players have been introduced into the Hall of Fame. However, the of so famous steroid era has blacklisted many players who may or may not deserve to be forever remembered in Cooperstown.
Former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds may be the king of the long ball on the baseball side of things, but overall, the diamond is ruled by a queen.
Barry Bonds last played for the San Francisco Giants in 2007. The legendary outfielder still casts a large shadow over the franchise.
San Francisco Giants legend Barry Bonds made headlines with his recent claim that he could still hit a 100 mph fastball even at his age of 60 years old.
Barry Bonds has long held out hope that he might someday make the Baseball Hall of Fame, but even he appears to be giving up on that dream. Long excluded from the Hall of Fame over years of PED allegations, Bonds was inducted into the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame as part of a ceremony on Saturday.
PITTSBURGH – Barry Bonds was humble. That is a sentence I’ve rarely written about the major leagues’ all-time home-run king. I covered Bonds’ last five seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1988-92.
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