My 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot—and Why I’ve Changed My Approach to Voting Tom Verducci explains why he voted for three returning candidates he’d previously passed on. Sports Illustrated · Jan 20
Ranking the Baseball Hall of Fame Contemporary Era Candidates There are eight former players up for election Sunday, though the odds aren’t good for the three figures connected to PEDs. Sports Illustrated · Dec 5, 2025
Bonds, Clemens left out of Hall again; McGriff elected 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 The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022
Former Cub Fred McGriff elected to Hall of Fame; Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens again passed over Bonds and Clemens have been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, and support for Curt Schilling dropped after he made hateful remarks toward Muslims, transgender people, reporters and others. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 5, 2022
Bill Madden: Veterans committee can take a stand for character in Hall of Fame vote NEW YORK — Just when we thought we’d said goodbye to Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens for a while thanks to the Baseball Writers Association last January, they’re coming around again as two of the eight candidates on the Contemporary Era Hall of Fame ballot which will be voted on… Tribune News Service · Dec 3, 2022
Who We’d Vote for the HOF If We Were on the Veterans Committee Let’s pretend we’re one of the 16 members voting in Sunday’s Contemporary Baseball Era election. Sports Illustrated · Dec 2, 2022
Hall of Fame committee will consider Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Rafael Palmeiro Former White Sox slugger Albert Belle is also on the ballot for the Hall of Fame’s contemporary baseball era committee. Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 7, 2022