Baseball is a sport built on records, but some are so absurd and out-of-this-world that they might as well be set in stone.

When Barry Bonds shakes my hand, he squeezes my metacarpals like he’s gripping one of his old maple-wood bats. Then he looks directly at me and past me at once, like I’m some journeyman pitcher whose ...

Jeff Kent has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee, while Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and others didn't come close.

Barry Bonds hit more home runs than any player in MLB history, yet he has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, even though he has been retired for 17 years. It seems paradoxical ...

Barry Bonds was not voted into the HOF, but Jeff Kent — who he long has beef with — was. Trinity Machan / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic’s MLB ...

ORLANDO — Sunday brought another Hall of Fame rejection for Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds. But the door to Cooperstown swung open for slugging second baseman Jeff Kent. Kent was elected with 14 of a ...

After failing to earn a spot in baseball's Hall of Fame via the traditional route, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens had another path to gain entrance to Cooperstown. That was via the Contemporary ...

It is that time of year again: The Baseball Hall of Fame’s hand-picked committee is set to perform its annual ritual of pearl-clutching, moralizing, and hair-splitting that is electing players to the ...

Around the turn of the new millennium, the San Francisco Giants fielded an all-time great baseball player who was so good that fans would buy tickets just to see him play. He would accomplish feats ...

Jeff Kent was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Sunday by the contemporary era committee, while steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were among seven players who fell short once ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — With Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens facing only one more chance under the current rules to get into baseball's Hall of Fame, the Hall chairman thinks they were turned down because ...