Two of baseball’s most controversial greats will once again have a chance to earn a spot in Cooperstown this winter.

Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are among the eight candidates for election as part of the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Baseball Era Committee player ballot, the Hall of Fame announced on Monday.

The other candidates are Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela.

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Though most Hall of Famers are typically elected by members of the Baseball Writers Association of America, the Hall of Fame also has three Era Committees that provide an avenue for other notable individuals to earn a spot in Cooperstown.

The Contemporary Era players ballot covers players whose primary contributions came after 1980, the

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