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I don't have any problem with David Ortiz's first ballot election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame last week, and will save my comments on the hypocrisy of the baseball writers (who shouldn't be voting in these elections anyway) forming moral posses to prevent guys they don't like (Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds) from being enshrined in the museum. But I do want to say something about some of the silliest things I hear and read.

The Cheated Generation finally got handed the check Tuesday. Their heroes, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, were passed over by baseball writers for the National Baseball Hall of Fame for the 10th and final time -- and it was like that moment when the mark realizes he's just been scammed: Pain. Anger. Lingering disbelief and delusion.

Ortiz in, Bonds, Clemens, Schilling left out

Baseball Hall of Fame voters kept the former Astros pitcher out of Cooperstown. But there’s more to Clemens’s “character” than his alleged steroid use.

David Ortiz is up for the Hall of Fame for the first time. See why readers think Big Papi deserves the title on Boston.com.

A conversation from last week about the state of the Hall.

Ortiz, a three-time World Series champion with Boston, finished his career with 541 home runs.

The speedster was one of the most electrifying player of the 2000s, but a bad free agent contract and post-career legal troubles have overshadowed his legacy.

This is Gary Sheffield’s eighth time on the ballot. He was on 40.6% of the writer’s ballots last year, up from 30.5 the year before. He was in the low-teens the five times before that, but he needs...

For all of his natural abilities and accomplishments, the shortstop's connections to PEDs will keep him outside Cooperstown for the foreseeable future.