Ivan Rodriguez wants Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens in Hall of Fame

At the least one present Baseball Corridor of Famer want to see a future with Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens at his aspect.

Ivan Rodriguez, the catcher elected by the Baseball Writers Affiliation of America on his first strive in 2017, endorsed the eventual election of his contemporaries Bonds and Clemens, who fell off the writers’ poll Tuesday after they didn't land the required 75 % assist of their tenth and remaining strive. Each can be eligible for consideration by the In the present day’s Sport Period Committee, which can convene in December after which once more in December 2024.

“The numbers these two guys put up, we’re speaking a few man (Bonds) that's primary in dwelling runs within the historical past of baseball and you've got a man (Clemens) with essentially the most Cy Youngs (Awards) in baseball. Clearly they've great careers,” Rodriguez mentioned on a Zoom information convention to advertise his look on the ClubCorp Basic golf match April 22-24 at Las Colinas Nation Membership in Irving, Texas. “… Hopefully at some point they each might be within the Corridor of Fame as a result of their careers are unbelievable.”

Bonds and Clemens each fell quick, clearly, due to their affiliation with unlawful performance-enhancing medicine, though neither was ever discovered responsible of something. Rodriguez overcame a public accusation by his former Rangers teammate Jose Canseco in Canseco’s 2005 e book, “Juiced,” to achieve induction.

Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens didn't meet the voting necessities of their remaining 12 months on the writers’ Corridor of Fame poll.

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Rodriguez’s fellow Corridor of Famer John Smoltz, who additionally can be collaborating within the golf occasion, hedged on the matter of the 2 legends’ Cooperstown destiny”.

“What baseball will all the time know is that Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are two of the best gamers to ever play the sport,” mentioned Smoltz, who allowed eight dwelling runs to Bonds. “Sadly for them, there was hypothesis, truthful or not. I've no proof on anyone on what they did or didn’t do.

Ivan Rodriguez was eleced to the Baseball Corridor of Fame in 2017.

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“Having competed in opposition to Barry Bonds, it’s the best single problem I’ve ever had. He’s the toughest man to ever get out. I gave up dwelling runs to him and by no means as soon as did I take into consideration these 9 dwelling runs in an antagonistic manner.

“The method will take it the place it must go, and the tip end result can be what it's.”