Alex Rodriguez calls out Baseball Hall of Fame 'hypocrisy' over Bud Selig induction amid steroid era

Alex Rodriguez volition spot his sanction for the 5th clip connected the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the Class of 2026, but he’s not apt to marque it fixed his ties to performance-enhancing drugs contempt his illustrious vocation numbers.

But Rodriguez feels "hypocrisy surrounds the Hall" owed to Bud Selig, the ex-MLB commissioner who was successful complaint during the infamous Steroid Era, residing successful Cooperstown.

"All of this worldly you’re talking astir was nether Bud Selig’s watch," Rodriguez said connected Stephen A. Smith’s vigor amusement aft a remark astir Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, per Awful Announcing.

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Former nonrecreational shot subordinate Alex Rodriguez attends an NBA crippled betwixt the Minnesota Timberwolves and Miami Heat astatine Kaseya Center connected March 7, 2025, successful Miami, Florida.  (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

"And the information that those 2 guys are not in, but somehow, Bud Selig is successful the Hall of Fame, that to maine feels similar there’s a small bit, immoderate hypocrisy astir that."

Rodriguez, and immoderate subordinate connected the Hall of Fame ballot, needs astatine slightest 75% of votes to participate the Hall. Since helium didn’t person 40% of the ballot successful immoderate of his archetypal 4 times connected the ballot, the results are not expected to alteration for Rodriguez successful 2026.

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Selig was inducted into the Hall of Fame aft getting capable votes from the Today’s Game Era Committee, which has lone 16 voters. Meanwhile, players similar Rodriguez, Bonds and others connected to PEDs during their careers person a overmuch larger excavation of Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) members voting for them each year.

Selig, 91, took implicit arsenic acting commissioner successful 1992 earlier becoming full-time commissioner successful 1998. Serving done the 2015 season, Selig was astatine the forefront of the Steroid Era and each the contention that came with it.

Inductee Commissioner Emeritus Allan H. "Bud" Selig speaks during the 2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony astatine the National Baseball Hall of Fame connected Sunday, July 30, 2017, successful Cooperstown, New York. (Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB via Getty Images)

While it was amusive to spot players similar McGwire and Sosa battling each different for the single-season location tally grounds successful 1998, arsenic good arsenic Bonds smashing 73 homers successful 2001 to drawback McGwire’s erstwhile grounds of 70, determination were rumors and reports regarding PEDs successful the athletics that didn’t get the designation they should’ve from MLB until 2004.

The Joint Drug Agreement was enactment successful spot that season, and the infamous Mitchell Report was released connected Dec. 13, 2007. The 20-month probe by erstwhile U.S. Sen. George Mitchell led to a 409-page report, which alleged a "collective failure" wrong MLB to code the occupation of PEDs, portion naming 89 existent and erstwhile ballplayers who allegedly utilized them.

Among those listed successful the Mitchell Report were Bonds, Jason Giambi and Jeremy Giambi, Roger Clemens, Gary Sheffield, Eric Gagne, Andy Pettitte, Brian Roberts, Miguel Tejada, Mo Vaughn, Jose Canseco and galore more.

Alex Rodriguez broadcasts anterior to Game Six of the National League Championship Series astatine Dodger Stadium connected Oct. 20, 2024, successful Los Angeles, California. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

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In Rodriguez’s case, helium served the longest suspension successful league past for his engagement successful the Biogenesis scandal, which was a Florida session accused of distributing PEDs to world-famous athletes. Rodriguez was initially suspended 211 games, but it was aboriginal reduced to a afloat 162-game play that helium had to miss successful 2014.

Despite being 5th successful location runs deed implicit his lengthy MLB career, Rodriguez won’t beryllium successful the Hall of Fame anytime soon if Bonds isn’t. Bonds inactive owns the location tally grounds with 762 homers implicit 12,606 sheet appearances.

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