It's time to scrap the Baseball Hall of Fame

With no Bonds and no Clemens, there's no point

Baseball hall of fame, c. 1990s
(Image credit: (Bob Rowan/Progressive Image/Corbis))

The Baseball Hall of Fame bills itself as a shrine to the most notable players who have ever set foot on a diamond. Nestled in bucolic Cooperstown, New York, it's an airy room lined with bronze plaques of the game's most indelible names: Cobb, Mays, Ruth.

And yet, there is a conspicuous absence of some of baseball's most famous faces. The Hall does not include the player who collected more hits than anyone else. Nor does it include the player with the most home runs, nor the hurler with the most Cy Young Awards.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.