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FILE - At left, in a June 23, 2011, file photo, former San Francisco Giants baseball player Barry Bonds leaves federal court in San Francisco. At right, in a July 14, 2011 file photo, former Major League baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves federal court in Washington. Tim Raines and Jeff Bagwell are likely to be voted into baseball's Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, when Trevor Hoffman and Ivan Rodriguez also could gain the honor. Bonds and Clemens, shunned because of allegations of steroids use, appear set for big increases in their voters. (AP Photo/File)

Joe Morgan on baseball’s cheaters

By Thom Loverro

Newly elected Hall of Famers Alan Trammell, left, and Jack Morris, right, pose for photos in their new Hall of Fame jerseys during the Major League Baseball winter meetings in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr.)

Hall of a moment: Tough guy Morris breaks down over election

By BEN WALKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 28, 2013, file photo, Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Morgan speaks during ceremonies in Cooperstown, N.Y. Joe Morgan is urging voters to keep &quot;known steroid users&quot; out of Cooperstown. A day after the Hall revealed its 33-man ballot for the 2018 class, the 74-year-old Morgan argued against the inclusion of players implicated during baseball's steroid era in a letter to voters with the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The letter was sent Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, using a Hall email address. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File) **FILE**

Joe Morgan urges voters to keep steroid users out of Hall of Fame

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally)

Max Scherzer adds luster to city’s MLB legacy

By Thom Loverro

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2006, file photo, Houston Astros long time first baseman and four-time All-Star Jeff Bagwell announces his retirement from baseball in Houston. Bagwell and Tim Raines are likely to be voted into baseball's Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, when Trevor Hoffman and Ivan Rodriguez also could gain the honor.(AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Bagwell, Raines, Ivan Rodriguez elected to Hall of Fame

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS JAN. 14-15 - FILE - In this March 6, 2006 file photo, Houston Astros' Jeff Bagwell warms up before the start of a spring training baseball game, in Kissimmee, Fla. Jeff Bagwell is expected to be elected to the Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. After being on the ballot since 2011, the Houston Astros slugger said the No. 1 thing he'll feel when he hears the results won't be happiness or disappointment, but something different altogether after such a long wait. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Bagwell’s Hall of Fame wait likely to end after 7 years

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

Miami Marlins hitting coach Barry Bonds stands in the dugout during a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Sunday, May 15, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The shame of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens in the Hall of Fame

By Thom Loverro

In this April 27, 2016, file photo, Miami Marlins hitting coach Barry Bonds stands in the dugout during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, File)

Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds belong in Cooperstown

By Deron Snyder

Former baseball player Barry Bonds smiles before a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

LOVERRO: ‘Cheated Generation’ soon to get Hall of Fame voice

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2004, file photo, Boston Red Sox starter Pedro Martinez throws to the New York Yankees in the first inning of Game 5 of the ALCS in Boston. Martinez was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Hall of Fame voters got it right by electing Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and others

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann, fourth from left, celebrates with his teammates after he threw a no-hitter in a baseball game against the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, in Washington. The Nationals won 1-0. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

LOVERRO: Jordan Zimmermann to join Nats famous and forgotten in Hall of Fame

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2013 file photo, New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez reacts after striking out in the second inning of the second game of a baseball doubleheader at Yankee Stadium in New York. Bud Selig maintains Major League Baseball had no idea Alex Rodriguez received a medical exemption from the sport's drug administrator to use a testosterone-boosting substance in 2007, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

LOVERRO: Hall of Fame is one birthday present A-Rod will never unwrap

By Thom Loverro

FILE - In this July 29, 2007 file photo, Tony Gwynn holds his National Baseball Hall of Fame plaque during induction ceremonies in Cooperstown, N.Y. Gwynn, the Hall of Famer with a sweet left-handed swing who spent his entire 20-year career with the Padres and was one of San Diego's most beloved athletes, died of cancer Monday, June 16, 2014. He was 54. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

LOVERRO: Tony Gwynn was robbed, and so were we

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

Former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre looks at plaques from the first class of inductees during his orientation visit at the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Cooperstown, N.Y. Torre will be inducted to the hall in July. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

LOVERRO: As Baseball Hall celebrates 75th anniversary, people will come

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

Cuomo to join President Obama in Cooperstown

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Babe Ruth’s Hall of Fame plaque heads to NYC

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