Mark McGwire's Admission Was True Test For Hall, Steroid Era

n the days leading up to this afternoon's announcement from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Houston's hallowed first baseman Jeff Bagwell has been positioned as the Next Great Test for voters. He's the latest standout slugger whose statistics have warped with time, whose numbers look too good to be inducted. He's expected to get a slim percentage of the vote not because of a steroid admission or a steroid suspension, but because of steroid suspicion.

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