The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) failed to elect anyone to the new Baseball Hall of Fame class for the first time since 1996 and only the eighth time since voting began in 1936. The list of names that were shunned included Barry Bonds, Mike Piazza, Sammy Sosa, Alan Trammel, Jack Morris, Craig Biggio and Roger Clemens. Biggio was the closest to being elected but came up 39 votes short of the 427 needed. Surprise, surprise, but none of the connected steroid players were even close to being elected, including the Home Run King, Barry Bonds (36.2%).
It was disappointing to hear this news but the reactions from the Twittersphere made everything better:
https://twitter.com/BobbyBigWheel/status/289092626832060416
BBWAA da bang a dang diggy diggy diggy said the boogie said up jump the boogie
— David Brown (@AnswerDave) January 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/jonahkeri/status/289086265507340289
https://twitter.com/SamMillerBP/status/289087456182157312
Nobody voted into the Hall of Fame. It is now a vacant lot. You pull up Baseball-Reference and get a 404. You are alone.
— Suss– 🥌 (@suss2hyphens) January 9, 2013
i think you should be able to walk into the Baseball Hall of Fame and just take stuff
— Jon Bois (@jon_bois) January 9, 2013
That awkward moment when you realize that the bat Clemens threw at Piazza in the 2000 WS is in the HOF, but Clemens & Piazza won't be.
— Not Bill Walton (@NotBillWalton) January 9, 2013
Aaron Sele got one more vote for the Hall of Fame than Pete Rose ever will. There is something so very sad about that.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 9, 2013
I'M GONNA NEED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH WHOEVER VOTED FOR AARON SELE. I WANT A HIT OF WHATEVER THEY'RE ON.
— NOT HALL OF FAMER BASEBALL PERSON (@TRIPPINGOLNEY) January 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/rogerclemens/status/289096255991345153
Here is how the votes looked:
