Hall of Fame voters pitch a shutout as character questions muddle Cooperstown debate Dave Sheinin, The Washington Post Jan. 26, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2015, file photo, former baseball player Barry Bonds smiles before a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs in San Francisco.Jeff Chiu/AP The National Baseball Hall of Fame voters, who hold the awesome power of bestowing immortality on the greatest players in the sport - or, if you prefer, who face the awful duty of determining how that power should be applied - pitched a collective shutout Tuesday, failing to send a single player to Cooperstown, N.Y.