Griffey on whether he'd vote for Clemens: 'I'd rather not share'

Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza will be enshrined in Cooperstown this summer. Thirty other players on the 2016 Hall of Fame ballot weren't so lucky, including pitcher Roger Clemens and slugger Barry Bonds, whose remarkable careers have been tainted by their association with performance-enhancing drugs.

"Well, you have a situation where they were Hall of Famers before all this stuff started," Griffey said of Bonds and Clemens after voting results were revealed Wednesday. "I know everybody looks at the whole body of work. I understand that. That decision is not left up to me. It's up to guys (writers)."

The BBWAA, selected by the Hall of Fame as its voting body, collectively increased its support for Bonds and Clemens this year, but the duo is still far from the 75-percent mark required to be elected.

Griffey isn't particularly supportive of dopers joining him in baseball immortality, should they ever garner enough support from the voters.

"I'd rather not share," Griffey said when asked if he'd hypothetically vote for Clemens.

Piazza, who admittedly experimented with androstenedione and amphetamines prior to the substances being officially banned by baseball, took a softer approach while fielding questions about the steroid era.

"This game has healed," Piazza said. "They've addressed the issue. We're moving on."

Not everyone in the baseball world is as willing to forget the past. Former pitcher Roy Halladay put Clemens and Bonds on blast via Twitter on Thursday, saying PED users don't have a place in the hallowed halls of Cooperstown.

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Clemens quickly responded to Halladay's outburst by accusing his former Toronto Blue Jays teammate of using amphetamines during his playing days.

Clemens and Bonds are eligible to remain on the Hall of Fame ballot for six more years, should they continue to receive at least five percent of the vote each year.