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During the run-up to Wednesday's announcement of the results of this year's Baseball Hall of Fame voting, one issue dominated above all others when people discussed the ballot. What do we do about players who have admitted, been accused of or are under suspicion of using performance-enhancing drugs? There were almost as many answers to that question as there were voters, which created a somewhat chaotic state of affairs as everyone uses their own standards without any single organizing rule about how to treat the so-called Steroid Era in Major League Baseball.
We finally got a little bit of guidance on Wednesday. Joe Posnanski of Sports Illustrated spoke to Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson shortly after Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven were revealed as the writers' choices. Posnanski asked if Idelson and the Hall are pleased with the way voting has been going, especially as it relates to leaving out some of the bigger names in recent baseball history. Idelson is happy and explained by making an allusion to the directive that charges voters with considering character, integrity and sportsmanship when making their choices.
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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2011/01/06/jeff-idelson-hall-of-fame-president-happy-with-current-voting/
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