Sunday’s vote on players like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens will be secret, but past statements from committee members indicate a hard line on players accused of cheating.
Japan is celebrating the sport’s introduction there in 1872. The living descendants of the American teacher who took the game to Tokyo only learned of his role in 2000.
While David Ortiz sailed in as a first-ballot Hall of Famer, the year’s other new inductees had to wait for decades — four did not live to see the honor.