MLB Hall of Fame

Last week the baseball writers voted for the annual Hall of Fame class, although no one got elected this year.  Except for the three people who got in on the veterans committee ballot their will be no living members inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame at the ceremony in July.
This was the first real year that players who were accused and in some ways proven to do steroids were eligible.  Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were punished by not getting close to enshriement.  Some voters felt they could not vote for a steroid user, some felt they could not vote for certain people (steroids or not) on their first year of legibility.  Voters might change their mind on certain guys as the years go on, retired players are on the ballot for 15 years as long as they receive five percent of the vote.  Voters vote for 10 guys on their ballot and 75% of the vote is need for entrainment.  These writers that vote have a hard job in going through every eligible player and deciding if their worthy of the Hall of Fame, based on their numbers.  I don't think it's a black eye for baseball that no one got elected this year, it should be hard to get into the Hall.  The Hall of Fame should be rarefied territory, if you don't get in maybe your numbers don't reflect it, it should be a special honor and not everyone should be there.  I don't look at this as a bad thing for baseball, I look at it as the system worked, the writers who have the honor of voting did not feel that any players numbers made them stand out this year.  This shows that the Hall of Fame is hard to get into and thats the way it should be, we shouldn't have 4 or 5 inductees every year, not everyone is a Hall of Famer.  The guys whos first year it was on the ballot, will get in eventually Craig Biggio 3,000+ hits is a hall of framer (got 68%) and Mike Piazza (got 58%) the best offensive catcher of his time should be in.  Next year these guys will be on the ballot once again along with first timers Greg Maddux (3.16 ERA, 355 wins, only had a loosing pitching record 7 times in his 23 year career), Tom Glavine (3.54 ERA, 305 Wins, 164 victories in the 1990's second to teammate Greg Maddux) and Mike Mussina (3.68 ERA, 270 wins all in the competitive American League East), Mussina should get in but Maddux and Glavine are first ballot guys.  Jack Morris will also be on the Ballot for the final time and can make a case for entrainment with 254 wins and a 3.90 ERA he has already gotten close to the 75% needed.
This July the baseball Hall of Fame will not have any inductees from the writers ballot, only three from the veterans committee.  It will be a lack luster weekend in Cooperstown with out a lot of pageantry but thing will be fine as far as the game is concerned.