Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling were denied entry to Cooperstown in their final year of eligibility.
Ortiz was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first try Tuesday, while steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were denied entry in their final year under consideration by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
"I can imagine how New England has to feel about one of its babies getting into the Hall of Fame today," Ortiz said."I'm not even going to tell you about the Dominican Republic." "Once I figured it out, it was going to be a wrap," Ortiz said."That team was surrounded by so many superstars, and I went in there like a sponge ready to learn."
Ortiz also has performance-enhancing drug baggage, but enough voters chose to ignore a positive test that came during survey testing in 2003 that was supposed to be anonymous. Ortiz has denied using steroids, and Commissioner Rob Manfred said in 2016"I think it would be wrong" to exclude him from the Hall of Fame based on that lone test.
Schilling asked the Hall to remove him from this year's voting, but he remained an option. He was named on 58.6% of ballots, down from 71.1% last year. "@davidortiz deserved a 1st ballot induction! Congratulations my friend you earned it! #bigpapiHoF" Rollins, a four-time Gold Glove winner with Philadelphia, appeared on 9.4% of ballots and was the only other first-timer to earn the 5% necessary to remain under consideration. Joe Nathan, Tim Lincecum and Ryan Howard were among 10 one-and-done players.
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