RT if Barry Bonds (BarryBonds) belongs in Baseball Hall of Fame 🐐:
. But the reveal was just as notable for who didn't get in, with some of the game's most prolific players falling short in their final year of eligibility.
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Curt Schilling all fell short of the 75% threshold for induction in what was their 10th year on the writers's ballot. Bonds came the closest of the four, falling 36 votes short of induction at 66.0%. Clemens was 39 votes short , while Schilling appeared on 58.6% of ballots and Sosa received 18.5% of votes.
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