Let’s Take Over the Hall
DON’T LOOK NOW, but the old people are fighting. The sportswriters over 50 have declared war on their 30- and 40-year-old colleagues. And they’re winning! In January, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens failed to reach the 75% voting threshold for Baseball Hall of Fame admittance on their tenth and final appearance on the ballot. They now have to hope they will be selected by a committee—something that could happen this year, but is more likely to happen later (if ever). Bonds and Clemens appeared on 66% and 65.2%, respectively, of the 394 ballots submitted this time. When they first came up for voting in 2013, Clemens got just 37.6% and Bonds 36.2%. It’s normal for players to pick up steam as the years go by and their candidacies get debated. But no…
