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Sports Media Rips Baseball Hall Of Fame For Barry Bonds Snub
“David Ortíz got the nod from 77% of voters. He was the only one to get more than the required 75% for induction.”
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4 months agoon
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BSM Staff
Performance-enhancing drugs are a non-starter for some Hall of Fame voters. “Some” in this case likely means about 34% of those with a ballot. It is the only explanation for Barry Bonds not getting in.
The Hall of Fame revealed its 2022 class on Tuesday night. David Ortíz got the nod from 77% of voters. He was the only one to get more than the required 75% for induction. Bonds finished second in the voting with his name showing up on 66% of the ballots.
Bonds and Ortíz were amongst a group of candidates who were considered controversial. Based on numbers and on-field performance, they, along with Roger Clemens, Alex Rodriguez, and Curt Schilling likely belong in the Hall of Fame. Bonds, Clemens, Ortiz, and Rodriguez have all been tied to the use of performance enhancing drugs and human growth hormone. Schilling has become something of a pariah in baseball due to his political extremism.
While cases can be made for all five men, the sports media seemed to zero-in on Barry Bonds. His exclusion drew a series of damning tweets and criticism of the Hall of Fame and its voters.
A disgrace. An embarrassment. Pathetic. Disgraceful. Again.
— Adam Schein (@AdamSchein) January 25, 2022
Barry Bonds is the home run king. He’s the best player in history.
Bonds should’ve been in first ballot.
Get over yourself gatekeepers.
PED users in. Selig in.
I can’t wait to go bonkers tomorrow.
David Ortiz has a positive test on the books.
— Andrew Fillipponi (@ThePoniExpress) January 25, 2022
Barry Bonds does not.
Ortiz in. Bonds out.
Good job gatekeepers. Way to uphold the integrity of the game!
PS-Both should be in.
I thought for sure the voters would make Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens sweat it out until their last year of eligibility and then finally put them in. One is the greatest player of all-time and the other is one of the greatest pitchers of all-time. They belong in Cooperstown.
— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) January 25, 2022
Barry Bonds is a Hall of Famer. It's just so stupid.
— Matt Barrie (@MattBarrie) January 25, 2022
Barry Bonds is the best baseball hitter of my lifetime.
— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) January 25, 2022
Thumbs down! NO Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens into @baseballhall. Sorry, my brethren @officialBBWAA got it wrong. #terrible pic.twitter.com/ef7Uxa3ABp
— Rob Parker (@RobParkerFS1) January 25, 2022
I will never be able to understand the hypocrisy behind saying yes to David Ortiz but no to Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. The reason you can vote Papi in is the reason you are keeping Bonds and Clemens out. #BaseballHallofFame
— Evan Cohen (@EvCoRadio) January 25, 2022
Barry Bonds is the greatest hitter of all time and the MLB Hall of Fame is where he belongs. If he doesn’t make it. We should change the voting structure.
— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) January 25, 2022
At least the voters are consistent, since there are no PED users in the Cooperstown. Not one. Way to draw the line, boys and girls 👏 👏 https://t.co/iSloWfTNCO
— Brian Murphy (@knbrmurph) January 25, 2022
Barry Bonds was intentionally walked 688 times.
— Paul Pabst (@PaulPabst) January 25, 2022
Second place is Albert Pujols….315 times.
Bud Selig had no discernible talent yet got filthy rich off of steroid use and is in the Hall of Fame. Barry Bonds had rare talent, assembled an overwhelming HOF resume by 1998 and is out of the HOF. I acknowledge that Bonds cheated, but I’d argue he’d already amassed HOF resume!
— Larry Krueger (@sportslarryknbr) January 25, 2022
For the record, Barry Bonds is both the single season and all-time leader in home runs. He also holds the all-time record for walks and single season records for walks, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage. He is also a seven-time MVP and fourteen-time all star.
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Dave Portnoy Tells Business Insider CEO He Is ‘Piece Of S*** Coward’
“Despite objections from the moderator, Dave Portnoy got out his entire question before his mic was muted.”
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3 days agoon
May 13, 2022By
BSM Staff
Dave Portnoy is not going to move on from his hate of Business Insider. The Barstool founder joined a Twitter Spaces session on Thursday night where the public had a chance to talk to Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget.
The event was hosted by the New York Times. Blodget was part of a panel discussing issues facing the business community.
“So yeah, I saw that piece of shit Henry Blodget’s on there,” Portnoy said when his mic went live. “My first question’s why would a piece of shit who’s been banned by the SEC from talking about stocks be on there. My second question is hey Henry, you f***ing coward, you know everything you wrote about me was bullshit. Why don’t you ever sit down with me you f***ing piece of shit coward. That’s my question.”
The look on his face…. ☠️☠️☠️☠️ pic.twitter.com/qDWhocv0d1
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) May 13, 2022
Despite objections from the moderator, Dave Portnoy got out his entire question before his mic was muted. No answer came. The moderator apologized to Blodget and ended the event.
The accusations of Blodget being banned by the SEC from discussing financial advice are true. Portnoy was referncing fraud charges that Blodget settled in 2003 when he was a Wall Street analyst.
Business Insider has ran a salacious piece about Portnoy’s sex life in November. It included accusations of misconduct from three women that claimed consensual sexual encounters with Portnoy took a dark turn without their consent.
Dave Portnoy has maintained the story is not true. He has also threatened to sue Blodget, Business Insider and the story’s author Julia Black.
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Mile High Sports Acquires Colorado Preps
“Mile High Sports adds Colorado Preps to a portfolio that includes a radio brand broadcasting on 98.1 FM and 107.5 FM HD-3 in Denver, a magazine, and MileHighSports.com.”
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3 days agoon
May 13, 2022By
BSM Staff
Mile High Sports has acquired the Colorado Preps brand, including ColoradoPreps.com and the company’s radio and podcast networks. The deal is effective immediately.
“I am proud of what we’ve accomplished through 19 years of the Colorado Preps Network and very excited about the future with Mile High Sports,” said Kevin Shaffer, owner and founder of Colorado Preps. “The MHS crew is poised to bring additional and expanded coverage to high school sports across the state and we’re honored to stay involved with the network and help its growth.”
He will remain on the staff and continue hosting and producing radio and digital shows.
“With the elimination of the Rocky Mountain News, and shrinking budgets across most news outlets, local high school sports coverage has often and unfortunately become the casualty,” said Mile High Sports Editor-in-Chief Doug Ottewill. “But there will always be kids playing sports and parents wanting to read about those kids playing sports. I think ColoradoPreps.com fills a need and a niche that will never go away, no matter what’s happening on the bigger sports landscape in Colorado.”
Mile High Sports adds Colorado Preps to a portfolio that includes a radio brand broadcasting on 98.1 FM and 107.5 FM HD-3 in Denver, a magazine, and MileHighSports.com.
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Barstool Sports To Eliminate Some Podcasts
“We almost created a model where we started with all the resources, we didn’t start with the idea or the people and as a result, we have a lot of things that weren’t necessarily going in the right places.”

Published
3 days agoon
May 13, 2022
Barstool Sports is doing some internal re-organizing. As a result, some shows are being cancelled.
Talking on her podcast Token CEO, Barstool Sports CEO Erika Nardini said the company has looked under the hood the past few months and are trying to clean things up.
Change is never easy, but it's necessary to continue to push forward and innovate. @tokenCEO talks re-org and inside Barstool. pic.twitter.com/BnEm8oRdZs
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) May 12, 2022
Nardini also stated that the company’s spending needs to be reined in. She feels like too much has been invested in content that hasn’t been delivered, and creative freedom has become more of a curse than a blessing.
“We almost created a model where we started with all the resources, we didn’t start with the idea or the people and as a result, we have a lot of things that weren’t necessarily going in the right places,” she said.
In the podcast space, Barstool has 94 different offerings to choose from. Nardini said it’s just become too much, and they’re going to have to scale things back.
“No company of our size should have 94 shows,” she said. “What was my mistake and our mistake? We treated all 94 shows equal.”
Nardini realizes that means tough decisions are going to have to be made. Good, talented people will either have to move on or their jobs will be re-purposed.
“I’m bummed that it impacts people’s jobs,” she said. “I think that is a really, really serious thing when a role gets impacted and things change. You have to take that with a little bit of a heavy heart.”
Erika didn’t specify which shows, in particular, would be getting the ax, but it’s believed that the show Podfathers will be among them.
Show co-hosts Michael McCarthy aka “Large” and Justin Clemenza aka “Clem” took to Twitter and to the Barstool blog to announce the parenting podcast was no more.
RIP Podfathers by @TheClemReport@PodfathersShow
— Large (@LargeBarstool) May 11, 2022
https://t.co/TwDMGl0Gsr
RIP Podfathers https://t.co/4nDM0kEkNw pic.twitter.com/poFN6VhFQB
— Clem (@TheClemReport) May 11, 2022
Jordan Demcher aka “Jordie” tweeted a couple of thoughts on the situation but then clarified his podcast would carry on.
A lot of really great shows have been getting cut lately. It sucks to see, but also I get that’s just business.
— Jordie (@jordiebarstool) May 11, 2022
Just want to make it clear that @thecreasedive has never officially been a Barstool podcast. We don’t get any money or resources for it, simply a passion project.
Keep your eyes on social media over the next few days for more details on this situation from Barstool’s personalities.
Jordan Bondurant
Jordan Bondurant is a features reporter for Barrett News Media. He also works for ABC8 News and Newsradio WRVA and 910 The Fan in Richmond, Virginia. His prior experiences include working for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Danville Register & Bee, Virginia Lawyers Weekly and iHeartradio Richmond. He can be reached by email at Jordan.E.Bondurant@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @J__Bondurant.