Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling and Sammy Sosa will be eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame for a second time in 11 months if they are not elected on their 10th and final time on the writers’ ballot. The scheduling quirk begs two questions: Should they immediately push others off the crowded ballot of the Today’s Game Era Committee, and do they stand a better chance of getting elected there?
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Preliminary tabulations of the writers’ ballot by the Baseball Hall of Fame Tracker suggest the four players will not reach the 75% threshold needed for election.