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Why Are Sportswriters Whitewashing Baseball’s Dark Secrets?

MYTHMAKERS

The latest Hall of Fame class shows how the writers have always seen themselves as gatekeepers to baseball’s citadel of purity.

Randy Roberts
Johnny Smith
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Randy Roberts

Randy Roberts

Johnny Smith

Johnny Smith

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