Column: If Barry Bonds isn't a Hall of Famer by the end of the day, it's a failure by the HOF

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21. I have been following baseball

Since 1959 and my dad took me to Ebbets field in 1955. I was in the Cardinals clubhouse on Stan Musial night in the Polo grounds in 1963. I stole the home plate in the bullpen in 1965 and I saw Luis Tiant’s first game in the majors. If there is one steroid player who deserves to be in the HOF it is Bonds. He only took them because people like McQuire and Sosa were being heralded while Bonds was not getting the adulation he deserved. So I asked you about Pudge and Ortiz because they both did steroids. For my money so did Piazza and Bagwell. My friend played with Bagwell in the summer leagues for college players and Bagwell was not a HR hitter. I think Clemens was pretty much washed up before Steroids. The Red Sox had dropped him. He had lost his fastball and once you lose it you never get it back.