This Aug. 10, 2007 file photo shows Joe Rafaniello, left, of Bristol, Conn., and his grandson, Spencer Noon, right, of Farmington, Conn., viewing a display of items from Barry Bonds' home run record at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. With the cloud of steroids shrouding many candidacies, baseball writers may fail for the only the second time in more than four decades to elect anyone to the Hall, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013.

