Baseball Hall of Fame limits future appearances on veterans' committee ballot

FILE - San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds runs during the All-Star baseball game in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 10, 2007.

FILE - San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds runs during the All-Star baseball game in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 10, 2007. (AP Photo/ Jeff Chiu, File)


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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The Hall of Fame made some small adjustments to its veterans committee system to limit people with relatively little support from repeatedly remaining on future ballots, a decision that could make it harder to gain entry to Cooperstown for steroids-tainted stars such as Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. Any candidate on a ballot who receives fewer than five votes from the 16-member panel will not be eligible for that committee's ballot during the next three-year cycle. A candidate who is dropped, later reappears on a ballot and again receives fewer than five votes would be barred from future ballot appearances.

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