Steroid-era superstars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens again were denied admission to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, this time by a jury that included several of their contemporaries.
And while the conversation around their candidacies has long centered around that particular taboo, both were also accused of mistreating women off the field — Bonds of domestic violence toward his wife, Clemens of starting a relationship with a 15-year-old girl when he was 28.
than Bonds or Clemens. He has made several hateful public statements in recent years, some of which targeted transgender people and Muslims, others of which supported the Jan. 6 insurrection. The shadow of steroid use, alleged and confirmed, has rendered that number more complicated, which is why Palmeiro — who finished with 569 homers and 3,020 hits — did not find his way in Sunday, either. Palmeiro received a 10-game suspension in August 2005 following a positive test under MLB’s recently implemented drug testing program.
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