Even if the govenment's case against Bonds falls apart (which seems more and more likely), he's already been found guilty in the court of public opinion. When you factor his abusive personality into the mix, he won't have many friends when the vote comes around.
Sorry, Blib, while I agree that, even without steroids, Bonds would have been an all time great (500+ homers). With everything that's transpired, I don't think he'll ever get in.
How do you let Bonds in and not Palmeiro, or vice versa? I don't think the AP writers will want to open the floodgates to let any of these guys in. You let one in, you have to let them all in. I don't think it's gonna happen.
Clemens and Bonds won't be helped by the fact that neither one of them are very likable. Plus, the AP writers really seem to hate the smug defiance that both of them seem to share.
But you never know.
I agree with you PB, that these guys probably won't get in. But personally, I don't believe that if one gets in they all get it. I do think the best of them will (Clemens, Bonds, A-Rod) eventually, it just might take thirty years. I still think Pete Rose has a chance to get in. People are forgiving, it just takes time.
