Barry Bonds never passed Hank Aaron on the all-time home run list, or Babe Ruth, or even Larry Bowa, who hit 15 of them.

Roger Clemens never made a plate ump yodel “Stee-rike three.” Mark McGwire never was Roger Maris, let alone Mickey Mantle. Phoenixville High School product Mike Piazza never did hit .362, or .346, or .336. So maybe that’s why he was a 62nd=round draft choice.

None of it happened, because that’s how history will be written. And it won’t be written on bronze plaques at a central New York tourist trap.