LEADING OFF: What to watch at the baseball winter meetings

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2014, file photo, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig speaks before a baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs in Milwaukee. Former commissioner Selig and longtime general manager John Schuerholz have been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. Schuerholz was picked by all 16 voters Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, on a veterans committee at the winter meetings. Selig was listed 15 times. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File) FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2014, file photo, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig speaks before a baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs in Milwaukee. Former commissioner Selig and longtime general manager John Schuerholz have been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. Schuerholz was picked by all 16 voters Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, on a veterans committee at the winter meetings. Selig was listed 15 times. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

By Associated Press December 5, 2016 2 min read

A look at what’s happening today at the baseball winter meetings in Oxon Hill, Maryland:

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A BUDDING QUESTION

Former Commissioner Bud Selig will be on site in suburban Washington, a day after he was voted into the Hall of Fame. His election has already raised a question with fans: If the person who oversaw the game during the Steroids Era is going to Cooperstown, should the players who took performance-enhancing drugs also be welcome?

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and others with lofty stats have been shut out so far, their numbers obscured by the PED cloud. Mark McGwire, an admitted user, and his 583 home runs got nowhere close on the same ballot where Selig was an overwhelming choice.