The voting results of the new members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, where famous players who played an active part in the major leagues are selected, were announced on the 26th, and there was no such person for the first time in eight years.

Members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be selected by candidates who have received more than 75% of the votes cast by reporters who have been with the Baseball Writers' Association of America for more than 10 years.



There are 25 candidates for this year, and ▼ Barry Bonds, who holds a total of 762 home runs in the major leagues, and ▼ Roger Clemens, who has won a total of 354 wins in the Red Sox and the Yankees, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. However, according to the voting results announced on the 26th, no one has collected the votes required to enter the Hall of Fame, and this is the first time in eight years that there is no such person.



Mr. Bonds and Mr. Clemens have enough achievements to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, but they missed the Hall of Fame every year due to suspicion of using muscle-building agents during their active career, and this time, which was their ninth challenge, each voter turnout was 61%. I stayed on the table.



In addition, Curt Schilling, who won a total of 216 wins at Diamondbacks, was also noted as a leading candidate for the Hall of Fame, and the voter turnout was the highest among the candidates this time, 71.1%, but it did not reach 75%. did.



Mr. Schilling is said to have missed the Hall of Fame because he repeatedly made discriminatory remarks after his retirement, and this time again, he made a statement defending the intruder in the case of the invasion of the Capitol in Washington, DC this month. As a result, some reporters who had already voted had announced that they would cancel the vote for Mr. Schilling.



Next year will be the final year for the three to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.



Next year, Alex Rodriguez, who was active in the Yankees, and David Ortiz, who was active as a designated hitter in the Red Sox, will be qualified for the Hall of Fame for the first time.