It is that time of year again: The Baseball Hall of Fame’s hand-picked committee is set to perform its annual ritual of pearl-clutching, moralizing, and hair-splitting that is electing players to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

And, once again, Barry Bonds will be left on the outside looking in.

Bonds was denied admittance to the hall by the writers for a decade, and now the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee — whatever that is — will deny him admittance.

Bonds shares a ballot with Jeff Kent, Roger Clemens, Gary Sheffield, and four others this time around. Their vote will be announced on Sunday.

And so we have another opportunity to rehash the debate we’ve had since 2013. “Is he the greatest? Is he a cheater? Do the cream and the clear negate the 762 home runs?”

But as we drift further aw

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