Hall of Fame chair thinks Bonds, Clemens denied entry by committee for same views held by writers

With Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens facing only one more chance under the current rules to get into baseball's Hall of Fame, the Hall chairman thinks they were turned down because contemporary era committee members evaluate the Steroids Era in the same manner as baseball writers.

Bonds and Clemens each received fewer than five votes Sunday from the committee that elected Jeff Kent.

“I'm not surprised because I think there’s overlap and obviously discussions among the writers and we have writers represented on that committee,” Hall chairman Jane Forbes Clark said Monday following a news conference with Kent at the winter meetings.

Under a change announced by the Hall last March, candidates who received fewer than five votes from the 16-person panel are not eligible for that committee’s ba