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

Alex Rodriguez will see his name for the fifth time on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the Class of but he s not likely to make it given his ties to performance-enhancing drugs despite his illustrious career numbers But Rodriguez feels hypocrisy surrounds the Hall due to Bud Selig the ex-MLB commissioner who was in charge during the infamous Steroid Era residing in Cooperstown All of this stuff you re talking about was under Bud Selig s watch Rodriguez mentioned on Stephen A Smith s radio show after a comment about Barry Bonds Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa per Awful Announcing CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM And the fact that those two guys are not in but somehow Bud Selig is in the Hall of Fame that to me feels like there s a little bit specific hypocrisy around that Rodriguez and any player on the Hall of Fame ballot necessities at least of votes to enter the Hall Since he didn t receive of the vote in any of his first four times on the ballot the results are not expected to change for Rodriguez in BARRY BONDS ROGER CLEMENS GET ANOTHER BASEBALL HALL OF FAME SHOT THROUGH CONTEMPORARY ERA COMMITTEE BALLOTSelig was inducted into the Hall of Fame after getting enough votes from the Nowadays s Competition Era Committee which has only voters Meanwhile players like Rodriguez Bonds and others connected to PEDs during their careers have a much larger pool of Baseball Writers Association of America BBWAA members voting for them each year Selig took over as acting commissioner in before becoming full-time commissioner in Serving through the season Selig was at the forefront of the Steroid Era and all the argument that came with it While it was fun to see players like McGwire and Sosa battling each other for the single-season home run record in as well as Bonds smashing homers in to snap McGwire s previous record of there were rumors and reports regarding PEDs in the sport that didn t get the recognition they should ve from MLB until The Joint Drug Agreement was put in place that season and the infamous Mitchell Assessment was issued on Dec The -month inquiry by former U S Sen George Mitchell led to a -page account which alleged a collective failure within MLB to address the complication of PEDs while naming current and former ballplayers who allegedly used them Among those listed in the Mitchell Review were Bonds Jason Giambi and Jeremy Giambi Roger Clemens Gary Sheffield Eric Gagne Andy Pettitte Brian Roberts Miguel Tejada Mo Vaughn Jose Canseco and multiple more In Rodriguez s matter he served the longest suspension in league history for his involvement in the Biogenesis embarrassment which was a Florida clinic accused of distributing PEDs to world-famous athletes Rodriguez was initially suspended games but it was later reduced to a full -game season that he had to miss in Despite being fifth in home runs hit over his lengthy MLB career Rodriguez won t be in the Hall of Fame anytime soon if Bonds isn t Bonds still owns the home run record with homers over plate appearances Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter