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San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds celebrates after hitting his 756th career home run against the Washington Nationals during the fifth inning of their baseball game in San Francisco, on Aug. 7, 2007. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and David Ortiz appear to be the only players with a chance at Hall of Fame enshrinement when results are unveiled Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, with Ortiz most likely to get in on his first try. Bonds and Clemens are each in their 10th and final turns under consideration by voters from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file) **FILE**

LOVERRO: Twisted logic, deluded arguments won’t get Bonds, Clemens in Hall

By Thom Loverro

Newly elected Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Ichiro Suzuki, left, Billy Wagner, center, and CC Sabathia pose for photo during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Cooperstown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Suzuki wants to have a drink with writer who left him off Hall of Fame ballot

By Alex Rubinson - Associated Press

FILE - San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds hits a single against the Chicago Cubs during the third inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 19, 2007, in Chicago. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling were passed over by a Baseball Hall of Fame committee that elected former big league slugger Fred McGriff to Cooperstown on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

LOVERRO: Without Bonds, Clemens, Hall of Fame lobbying for steroid cheaters trickles away

By Thom Loverro

Josh Barfield, right, and CC Sabathia, left, respond to questions during news conference at the Major League Baseball winter meetings Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. The two intend to play in the May 25 Hall of Fame East-West Classic. The game will be played in conjunction with the opening of the Hall's "Souls of the Game: Voices of Black Baseball" exhibit. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Retired players to participate in Hall of Fame’s tribute to Negro Leagues

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

FILE - Former Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland watches batting practice before a spring training exhibition baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tigers in Clearwater, Fla., March 21, 2021. Sixteen members of the contemporary era Hall of Fame committee will consider an eight-man Hall ballot that includes managers Lou Piniella, Cito Gaston, Davey Johnson and Leyland. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Leyland elected to Hall of Fame, becomes 23rd manager in Cooperstown

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

This April 30, 2004 file photo shows museum patrons viewing plaques of recent inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. There are many destinations of interest to baseball fans around the country outside ballparks from museums and statues to historic homes. (AP Photo/Tim Roske, File)

Baseball Hall of Fame reflects the best of America

By Robert Knight

Hall of Fame inductee David Ortiz, formerly of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, speaks during the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Cooperstown, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

David Ortiz wants his Hall of Fame story to inspire others

By John Kekis - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 17, 2017, file photo, former Cincinnati Reds player Pete Rose speaks during his statue dedication ceremonies before a baseball game between the Reds and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Want to bet on sports? Pete Rose is here to help

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2007, file photo, Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling (38) tips his hat as he walks off the field after being taken out of the game during the sixth inning in Game 2 of the baseball World Series against the Colorado Rockies at Fenway Park in Boston. Schilling is on the 2020 Hall of Fame ballot. On Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, the Baseball Writers' Association of America will announce the results of its 2020 Hall of Fame balloting. ((AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)

Curt Schilling’s Hall of Fame controversy

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

Hank Aaron smiles after being presented with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette by the Consul General of Japan at his official residence Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Atlanta. Japan has honored the former home run king with one of its highest awards, bestowing the Order of the Rising Sun for bringing young people and countries together through baseball. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Barry Bonds election to Hall would dishonor Aaron

By Thom Loverro

This June 8, 2013, photo shows Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton, right, and Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax, left, during the Old-Timers game prior to a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles. Sutton, a Hall of Fame pitcher who spent most of his career in a Los Angeles Dodgers' rotation that included Koufax and Don Drysdale, has died, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. He was 75. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

Don Sutton, Hall of Fame pitcher for Dodgers, dies at 75

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1995, file photo, University of Massachusetts assistant baseball coach Julie Croteau watches the team during practice in Amherst, Mass. At left is coach Mike Stone. Julie Croteau sometimes felt alone along her historic path as a female baseball player. That changed the day she set foot on the set of the Penny Marshall-directed movie “A League of Their Own.” The film checked in at No. 10 on The Associated Press best sports movies Top 25. (AP Photo/David Bruneau, File)

‘A League of Their Own’ inspired baseball pioneer Croteau

By PAT GRAHAM - Associated Press

Colorado Rockies outfielder Larry Walker, left, and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter shake hands after receiving their Baseball Hall of Fame jersey and cap, Wednesday Jan. 22, 2020, during a news conference in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Odd Couple: Jeter, Walker take different routes to Hall

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 9, 2011, file photo, New York Yankees' Derek Jeter smiles as he speaks about his 3,000th career hit at a press conference after a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, at Yankee Stadium in New York. Jeter could be a unanimous pick when Baseball Hall of Fame voting is announced Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Roger Clemens, Bonds fall short for Hall again

By Thom Loverro

Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cleveland Indians, Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

Mike Mussina could have entered Hall of Fame as a Baltimore Oriole

By Thom Loverro

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2017, file photo, Seattle Mariners hitting coach Edgar Martinez applauds in the dugout before a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Seattle. Martinez, Mariano Rivera and Roy Halladay seem likely to be elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Rivera 1st unanimous HOF pick; Doc, Edgar, Mussina also in

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, July 6, 1996, file photo, Chicago White Sox's Harold Baines (3) watches his ninth inning solo home run head for the center field seats during the White Sox's 3-2 win over the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland. Smooth-swinging Baines was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Glidden, File)

Baines surprised by Hall of Fame election _ many others, too

By BEN WALKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2014, file photo, an exhibition baseball game is played at Doubleday Field in downtown Cooperstown, N.Y., near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. There's much more to the one-stoplight village than its No. 1 attraction, but the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Main Street is truly a great shrine for the game, and even if you don't have a player to root for you can check out a game at Doubleday Field or at any of the 20-plus fields a few miles away at Cooperstown Dreams Park. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Cooperstown stirs emotions for dad of young baseball player

By LARRY LAGE - Associated Press

Baseball Hall of Famers from left, Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman, Chipper Jones, Jack Morris, Alan Trammell, and Jim Thome, hold their plaques after an induction ceremony at the Clark Sports Center on Sunday, July 29, 2018, in Cooperstown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Chipper Jones shines in Hall of Fame induction speech

By John Kekis - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 23, 2007, file photo, New York Yankees starting pitcher Roger Clemens throws to a Kansas City Royals batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Kansas City, Mo. Clemens and Barry Bonds fell short in elections to the baseball Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)

Time is running out on baseball’s cheaters

By Thom Loverro