.Evan_P_Grant's Hall of Fame ballot: Quartet of question marks creates logjam for voters
In Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds’ last year on the ballot, the two poster boys for the steroids era will have an answer on their HOF status.
Period. End quote. End criteria. Begin debate. For the last 10 years, though, it’s simply been a debate without end. That’s because for the past 10 years, the ballot has been riddled with the likes of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Schilling. And for those considering the supposed character clauses, you might as well introduce them as Pestilence, War, Famine and Death. Not to be too over-dramatic or anything.
Schilling seems determined to test exactly how the electorate defines “character” and “integrity.” After a near-miss last year, he, for some reason, asked that his name be removed from the ballot, to which the reply was “go tweet something else.” Leaving Mark Buehrle off the ballot this year was beyond difficult, but it was nearly impossible for me to distinguish between Buehrle, Andy Pettitte and Tim Hudson and there wasn’t room for all three. So rather than choose only one, I chose none. Does it make sense? Perhaps not. The ballot and its limitations can do that to you. I mailed mine Monday afternoon. By the time I sat down to write this, I was already having second thoughts.
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