Clemens isn’t remotely a borderline case, though. There’s no reasoning to exclude him besides steroids, and I say that as someone who can’t stand him. Measure his numbers against any other SPs on the ballot and he comes out ahead.

I do think there’s a legitimate issue with the 10-person max when 45% of ballots are…

Oh hey, I can do it too!

Manny is never getting in though

A good class and Edgar Martinez made a 15% jump, boding well for next year and beyond. I’m down with it. (Michael Schur made the point this week on his podcast with Joe Posnanski that Martinez might already be in if he was a middling 3B with those hitting numbers; the DH prejudice continues.)

McGwire already used up all of his 10 ballots before this sportswriters’ thaw of PED users/suspecs began.

Pudge!

He’s definitely turned off the writers who insist Hall of Famers have a chin.

Again, the problem is that voters have to prioritize their votes rather than voting for anyone they deem worthy.

Contexts. He was a quiet player and pitched in the AL East during the steroid era and often in Camden Yards. ERA doesn’t make a good first impression. With Raines going in, I bet Mussina and Walker become the next causes.

problem is that we now realize that Loggins was the real talent. He’s in the same boat as Garfunkel and Andrew Ridgeley.

Dear Jorge,

3 ounce ball. noodle-arms Ley failed to include that key detail to make the story more sensational.

You know they could have easily looked up a list of Martin Luther King Jr’s favorite foods to navigate this obvious and self inflicted minefield they wandered into.

I would say her actions were ignorant, not evil.

I also (sort of) get her comparison- not many mexicans drink Margaritas and wear sombreros but many tolerate it (or even expect it) at a Mexican restaurant or mexican themed celebration. Still she should know better...  

Quick! Everyone start reprogramming your eproms!

Gotta love that fist pump into the camera

The Ivy League does not give athletic scholarships. So, he’d have to find a way to pay for some or all of Cornell tuition.

There is a 0% chance this guy was rooting for Cam Newton.

Not defending this, but... a canvas shutter rolling down seems way too slow and obvious. Surely some sort of polarizer that flashes to opaque and back in a blink or two seems like easy tech to implement and would be much harder to detect.

Yeah, I have to remind myself of that when I see friends buying homes or going on fabulous vacations- even though I have a higher salary than they do. Their parents paid for their college. Their parents helped with a down payment. My parents are wonderful people who gave me a lot, and I am terribly lucky, but things…