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Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Biggio tops vote but no one elected to Hall — Former Astros star finishes 39 votes shy, trailed by Morris, Bagwell, Piazza — NEW YORK — The most highly debated election for entry into the National Baseball Hall of Fame ended Wednesday without a new inductee.
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Fox Sports:
2013 Hall of Fame vote an aberration — I'm sorry, it's not a calamity. Not even close. — Many fans were stunned Wednesday by the announcement that the voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America did not elect anyone to the Hall of Fame — not a single player from the most star-studded ballot in recent memory.
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ESPN:
No players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame by writers — NEW YORK — Steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa were denied entry to baseball's Hall of Fame, with voters failing to elect any candidates for only the second time in four decades.
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
No Players Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame — In perhaps the most resounding referendum on the legacy of steroids in baseball, voters for the Hall of Fame rejected the candidacy of Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens in voting announced Wednesday. For the first time since 1996 …
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Howard Bryant / MLB:
Drawing a blank on a HOF ballot — PEDs left no room for a comfort zone, so one voter returned a blank ballot — As it turned out, I sent my 2013 Hall of Fame ballot in blank. This wasn't science. It wasn't a clever attack in the three-front culture war among the players, the SABR s and the BBWAAs.
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Dan Shaughnessy / The Boston Globe:
A Hall of Fame ballot without a whiff of PED usage
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
Ken Burns on Bonds, Clemens, Piazza: “Those motherf***ers should suffer for a while”
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Suspicion of Steroid Use Could Keep Bagwell and Piazza Out of Hall
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
My (overstuffed) Hall of Fame ballot
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Jerry Crasnick / MLB:
Jonathan Singleton banned 50 games — Houston Astros prospect Jonathan Singleton, a rising star in the organization and the team's first baseman of the future, has been suspended for the first 50 games of the 2013 season for his second violaton of minor league baseball's drug policy.
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Brian McTaggart / MLB.com:
Top Astros prospect suspended 50 games — Singleton acknowledges testing positive for marijuana use — HOUSTON — Jonathan Singleton, ranked by MLB.com as the top prospect in the Astros' organization, has been suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball after violating the Minor League Drug Prevention …
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Matt Eddy / Baseball America:
Top First-Base Prospect Flunks Test For ‘Drug Of Abuse’ — The Astros' Jonathan Singleton finished last season in Double-A and ranks as the top first-base prospect in the minors, but his flight to Houston has been delayed with the revelation Wednesday that he failed multiple drug tests administered …
Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Rockies give Corpas invitation to Spring Training — DENVER — The Rockies have looked to an old friend to help with their new pitching plan. — Right-hander Manny Corpas, the closer on the 2007 Rockies club that went to the only World Series in team history, rejoined the Rockies on Wednesday …
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Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com:
Inbox: Morneau to be traded before Deadline? — Beat reporter Rhett Bollinger answers Twins fans' questions … With Justin Morneau in the final year of his contract, how likely is it the Twins deal him before the Trade Deadline? I think we could bolster our pitching prospects and build for 2014 if we deal him this year.
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NY Daily News:
Yankees reportedly working on bringing Washington Nationals' Michael Morse to the Bronx in exchange for Boone Logan — Morse became possible trade bait when Washington re-signed first baseman Adam LaRoche. The Nationals already have a core outfield of Bryce Harper, Jayson Werth and Denard Span.
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Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Pirates Acquire Jeanmar Gomez — The Pirates have acquired Jeanmar Gomez from the Indians in exchange for Quincy Latimore, reports ESPN's Keith Law (on Twitter). Cleveland had designated the right-hander for assignment last week. — Gomez, 24, pitched to a 5.96 ERA with 4.7 K/9 and 3.4 BB/9 …
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