![]() I don’t think it’s fair,” said Mike Attanasio, a partner with Cooley LLP in San Diego and who was part of Clemens’ legal team for the federal trial, referring to the pitcher’s failure to get elected into the Hall of Fame. The BALCO and MLB testing records reflected Bonds’ use of multiple doping substances, from 2001 through 2006, including injectable anabolic steroids, injectable human growth hormone, post cycle therapy drugs and amphetamines.”īut while Parrella and Novitzky say there is no disputing Bonds’ and Clemens’ past PED use, others who have ties to the two players through the legal cases, the Mitchell Report or their baseball careers, say it’s time for one of the most feared hitters and one of the most dominant pitchers to join the immortals in Cooperstown. “And contrary to Bonds’ defense narrative, his use of PEDs was more than rubbing on ‘The Cream’ and taking a few drops of ‘The Clear’ under his tongue. ![]() “We had DNA evidence in the Clemens case, with Clemens’ DNA and an anabolic steroid within a needle that was used to inject him,” said Novitzky. Bonds and Clemens have two years remaining on the ballot, including 2020. ![]() Each has fallen short of the 75% of votes necessary for election (ballots are completed by eligible voters from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America). The steroid and PED links to Bonds, 56, and Clemens, 58, have hurt both men’s Hall of Fame chances since they first appeared on the ballot in 2012. ![]()
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