The Baseball Hall of Fame announced its Contemporary Baseball Era ballot, which will include eight candidates who spent most of their career after 1980. The ballot includes several players who had their careers tarnished by suspicions of performance enhaning drugs including Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmeiro, and Roger Clemens. It also includes Curt Schilling, who drew criticism for his incendiary rhetoric following his career. Albert Belle, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, and Dale Murphy round out the ballot.
Barry Bonds is a seven-time MVP who hit 762 home runs, most in baseball history. He won eight Gold Gloves, 12 Silver Slugger Awards, two batting titles, and two home run titles.