What about Coughlin's extension? Thoughts on the McGwire vote? I'm a little surprised that the snub hasn't been bigger news--meaning outside ESPN, which has actually done an excellent job of covering the issue. The whole nation watched McGwire break the forty-year-old record with 70 homeruns (with more coverage and interest--it seems in retrospect--than when Bonds subsequently hit 75), and by denying his entry into the Hall of Fame, the baseball community has confirmed that the mid-to-late 90s and early 2000s might as well be scratched off the books. How is that not a bigger story? I fear this is the closest thing we'll get to closure save the eventual vote on Barry.
 

I think that's an excellent point, and I couldn't agree more.