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NEW YORK, N. Authentic Evan Engram Jersey .Y. - Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwires chances to enter the Hall of Fame are dwindling.Baseball writers so far overwhelmingly have decided the outsized statistics of the Steroids Era stars are tarnished by their connection to performance-enhancing drugs use.Once again Tuesday, Cooperstowns doors remained shut.I did it the only way I knew how, and I wanted to do it clean, Pedro Martinez said Tuesday after he was elected along with Randy Johnson, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio. And the integrity of the way I did is probably the reason of me going to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot.For emphasis during a news conference at Bostons Fenway Park, the Dominican right-hander held open his navy blazer to show off his wiry frame, a stark contrast to the bulked-up bodies that personified the years offence reigned.Clemens, the only seven-time Cy Young Award winner, and Bonds the home run king and only seven-time MVP, failed in their third turns on the ballot.Smoltz voiced approval of drug testing in 2000, two years before players and owners reached a joint drug agreement for the first time since 1985.This great game and the game that I personally love has found a way to for the time being, to make it sure that it again has back the integrity and the legitimacy that it needs so that fans, the great fans of baseball, do not sit there and wonder what theyre watching, is it legitimate or not? Smoltz said.Clemens received support on 37.5 per cent of the ballots and Bonds 36.8 per cent. The situations of McGwire and Sosa are more dire.The duo, who electrified the nation with a dizzying home run chase in the summer of 1998, are on the verge of dropping out of contention altogether. Because of a rules change last summer that limits a players years of eligibility from 15 to 10, McGwire has one more chance at receiving the necessary 75 per cent vote from the Baseball Writers Association of America. This year he received his lowest vote total yet, 10 per cent, and he never was named on more than 23.7 per cent of the ballots since hes been eligible in 2007.Sosa survived being swept off the ballot by nine votes, receiving recognition by just 36 of 549 voters (6.6 per cent) after just three years. A 5 per cent threshold is needed to remain on the ballot.Gary Sheffield received little attention in his first year on the ballot, getting 11.7 per cent. He hit 509 home runs and says he only accidentally took a PED.Mike Piazza and Jeff Bagwell, two players who have fallen under suspicion of use but were never caught up in any investigation, fell short, too, though Piazza could gain admittance next year. He received 69.9 per cent in his third year, a steady rise. Bagwell is up to 55.7 per cent.I realize the cloud has covered a multitude of so many different people and I realize that the media and people have a hard time distinguishing and determining, and in time maybe it will become clearer for all parties involved, Smoltz said.The future for players whove fallen under suspicion might be a bit brighter, though. The ballot could expand next year to 12 votes for each writer. Ken Griffey Jr. appears to be the only sure thing among a newcomer group that also includes Trevor Hoffman and Billy Wagner.Its actually sad, to be honest. Its sad, Martinez said. 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"The overwhelming reaction is that players are adjusting to the new rules, the new techniques," Goodell said. "I do believe that this is a very positive shift in the culture. Youre always going to have things that dont necessarily fit into that culture in a period of time, but people are recognizing when these hits dont fit into the context of the game." Asked about appeals officer Matt Birk overturning the one-game suspension for Tampa Bay safety Dashon Goldson for a helmet-to-helmet hit on New Orleans running back Darren Sproles, Goodell said he had not read the decision. But he stressed that the $100,000 fine delivers a message to Goldson and others that such hits must be eliminated from football. "Its not that there wasnt a violation of the rule, and its not that there were not consequences for violating the rule," he said. "So that, in and of itself, is a shift, and a positive shift that the culture is changing. But the culture doesnt change overnight, and we will probably always have violations of rules." The Buccaneers could wind up being punished financially for excessive fines accumulated by their players this season. In fact, any team is subject to such penalties. Fine amounts under the leagues club remittance policy for player safety count toward a team maximum of $105,000. If a teams players go over that, the club is fined $50,000. If the total of fines gets to $157,500, the club must hand over aanother $25,000 and match any subsequent fines or suspension amounts. Authentic Mark Bavaro Jersey. The most an individuals fine can count toward the club total is $50,000, and Goldson already has two infractions worth $80,000 in fines. Tampa Bay is at $87,825 in 2013 -- just two games into the season. Goodell also said the league has compromised as much as it can with the players union on HGH testing. The NFL and NFLPA agreed in principle to conducting such tests in the 2011 collective bargaining agreement, but the union has balked about procedural matters in the testing, and about the appeals process, for which the union wants neutral arbitration. Both sides have gotten much closer to finding a solution, but no testing is happening yet. "What does neutral arbitration add but more credibility?" NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith said. "The majority of the policy that they already agreed to allows the commissioner to impose discipline, but an appeal is subject to neutral arbitration if the player so chooses. The players dont want an exception to the rule." The NFL will release its second annual health and player safety report next week. It will show that USA Footballs Heads Up Football program to teach the proper and safest tackling techniques has met with an overwhelmingly popular response. 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