A fan taunts San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds (R) during their MLB National League baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Philadelphia in this May 7, 2006 file photo. Baseball's National Hall of Fame should embrace the standout steroid cheats of the modern day since they would be at home among the rogues and heroes already honoured in Cooperstown. So says Zev Chafets, author of the new book "cooperstown Confidential," a history and analysis of the Mount Olympus of baseball, where on Sunday Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice will have their plaques mounted in the upstate New York museum. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

A fan taunts San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds (R) during their MLB National League baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Philadelphia in this May 7, 2006 file photo. Baseball's National Hall of Fame should embrace the standout steroid cheats of the modern day since they would be at home among the rogues and heroes already honoured in Cooperstown. So says Zev Chafets, author of the new book "cooperstown Confidential," a history and analysis of the Mount Olympus of baseball, where on Sunday Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice will have their plaques mounted in the upstate New York museum.

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