Here are the votes that the 4 returning players got last time:
Barry Bonds (<4 votes last time)
Roger Clemens (<4 votes last time)
Don Mattingly (8 votes last time)
Dale Murphy (6 votes last time)
It's surprising that Bonds and Clemens are back on the ballot again. The following rule changes were made earlier this year, but they must not apply to previous ballots.
"Any candidate on the eight-person ballot who receives fewer than five votes from the 16-member panel will not be eligible for that committee's ballot during the next three-year cycle, the hall said Wednesday. A candidate who is dropped, later reappears on a ballot and again receives fewer than five votes would be barred from future ballot appearances."
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