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Baseball legend Barry Bonds mentioned at his induction into the Pittsburgh Pirates Corridor of Fame that he now not has issues about making the Baseball Corridor of Fame, an honor that has eluded him since he was first eligible in 2013.
“I haven’t got to fret about these issues no extra in my life,” Bonds mentioned, per the Associated Press. “[I want to] dangle round my grandchildren and my youngsters. These hopes [of making the Hall of Fame], I haven’t got them anymore. I hope to breathe tomorrow [and see] if I could make it to 61.”
Bonds’ 10-year eligibility to make the Corridor off the Baseball Writers’ Affiliation of America has been exhausted. He can nonetheless make the Corridor by way of a vote from the Up to date Participant Committee, which had an opportunity to elect Bonds in 2022 however handed on the chance.
Bonds is a seven-time Nationwide League MVP, 14-time All-Star, 12-time Silver Slugger and eight-time Gold Glove winner whose 762 house runs are first all time in MLB historical past. Nevertheless, steroid allegations have in the end prevented Bonds, who performed for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1986-1992) and San Francisco Giants (1993-2007), from touchdown in Cooperstown.
Bonds as soon as cared deeply about making the Corridor, saying this when he was up for induction the primary time.
“I do actually care,” Bonds mentioned, per Barry Bloom of MLB.com. “I’ll say I do not, however I do actually care. I have been by means of lots in my life so not too many issues trouble me. Making the Corridor of Fame, wouldn’t it be one thing that is gratifying due to what I’ve sacrificed? Certain. Baseball has been a giant a part of our lives. We have sacrificed our our bodies. It is the best way we made our dwelling.”
Nevertheless, it now seems that Bonds could also be at peace that he could by no means make the Corridor of Fame. That hope nonetheless exists, although, because the Up to date Participant Committee meets again in December 2025 for inclusion into the category of 2026.
