The Hall of Fame became something totally different with Wednesday's announcement that voters have slammed the museum's door on a generation of stars that includes seven-time Most Valuable Player Barry Bonds, seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens, and the great former Dodger Mike Piazza, first-time candidates undone by their connection to performance-enhancing drugs.
The Hall of Fame now is the place where steroid suspects are judged.
Voters, many of whom presumably helped to select Bonds and Clemens for all of those awards, have delivered a redacted history to future generations: Bonds' record 762 home runs - didn't happen. Clemens' 4,672 strikeouts - never heard about them. Mark McGwire's and Sammy Sosa's home-run exploits - wash your mouth out. The controversy they inspired - move along, nothing to see here.
