PBN Around the Horn: It Ain’t Called the Hall of Saints, Folks

Welcome to the PBN Around the Horn. Here you’ll find news and notes from across Major League Baseball, your Pittsburgh Pirates, and around the Sports Now network.

Scandal, from the Greek word skandalon which means snare or stumbling block. One can say that Major League Baseball has seen its fair share of stumbling blocks. From its checkered past of racism, the steroid era, and more recently, sign-stealing scandals.

Well, we have Carlos Beltran on the next Hall of Fame ballot, and now we must ask, will sign-stealing be treated the same as steroids? 

If (and that’s a big IF) the character clause is real and not just a mirage of purity, then Beltran should never be inducted. Beltran surely has a resume that could argue a Hall of Fame bid, but the Hall of Sain… I mean, Fame doesn’t allow bad guys in. Well, unless you’re Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, etc., you get my point. 

Baseball is broken, and of course, the Hall of Fame process isn’t on the top of the list, but it surely doesn’t help when you have black eyes such as this on the front pages across America.

Pittsburgh Baseball Now Notes

Saunders: Baseball Hall’s Morality Clause Hides Real Reasons for Bonds, Clemens Snubs

Time to Get Hip With Hypocrisy Kiddos

Pirates Prospect Notes 

Tim Williams:

• Williams: Build
• The Pittsburgh Pirates and Promoting From Double-A to the Majors
• Cal Mitchell Hoping to Force His Way Into the Pittsburgh Outfield

John Dreker:

• Cristopher Cruz Works Through Adjustments During a Rocky First Season

Jason Gindele:

• Which Pirates Prospects Displayed the Best Hitting Skills in 2021?

Wilbur Miller:

• Looking Ahead at the Pirates 2022 System: Indianapolis Indians

Anthony Murphy:

• Quinn Priester: Fastball Command Key to Unlocking Full Potential

Around the Network  

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WVU Sports Now: Bob Huggins Apologizes to the State of West Virginia Following Loss to Oklahoma

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