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

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Alex Rodriguez will see his name for the fifth time on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the Class of 2026, but he’s not likely to be inducted given his ties to performance-enhancing drugs and despite illustrious career numbers.

Rodriguez said "hypocrisy surrounds the Hall" due to Bud Selig, the ex-MLB commissioner in charge during the infamous steroid era, being inducted in Cooperstown.

"All of this stuff you’re talking about was under Bud Selig’s watch," Rodriguez said on Stephen A. Smith’s radio show after a comment about Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, per Awful Announcing.

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Former professional baseball player Alex Rodriguez attends an NBA game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Miami Heat at Kaseya Center March 7, 2025, in Miami, Fla.  (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

"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, some hypocrisy around that."

Rodriguez and any player on the Hall of Fame ballot needs at least 75% of votes to enter the Hall. Since he didn’t receive 40% of the vote in any of his first four times on the ballot, the results are not expected to change for Rodriguez in 2026.

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Selig was inducted into the Hall of Fame after getting enough votes from the Today’s Game Era Committee, which has only 16 voters. Meanwhile, players like Rodriguez, Bonds and others connected to PEDs during their careers have a much larger