By Gabe LacquesUSA TODAYIn 2022, Alex Rodriguez will begin a precipitous climb, a 10-year journey toward a summit he’ll likely never reach.And as A-Rod begins his ascent, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens will be on their way back down, knowing how rough the terrain will be. After failing to earn induction this year, Bonds and Clemens will be making their 10th and final appearance on baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot in 2022, when induction again will be unlikely. While the nettlesome debate over whether confirmed or likely performance-enhancing drug users should earn induction into the Cooperstown, N.Y., shrine has quieted in recent years, it will reheat significantly over the next 12 months. After all, this will be the final shot for Bonds, the seven-time MVP, and Clemens, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner, who are among the top 10 players in baseball history yet whose significant ties to PEDs has kept them out of the Hall. Enter A-Rod. The tabloid-friendly slugger hit 696 career home runs, won three MVP awards, posted three seasons of at least 50 home runs and did almost all of it as a shortstop or third baseman – a staggering, singular talent. Yet as A-Rod and his friend David Ortiz – who failed a supposed anonymous drug test in 2003 – hit the ballot, it will only further highlight that the Hall will be known nearly as much for who failed to earn election as who did. Consider Bonds and Clemens.Read more on NewsOK.com

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