The Hall of Fame Votes Are In...

by goyankees on Jan 9, 2007 4:16 PM EST Comment 2 comments

...and the winners are, Cal Ripken, Jr. and Tony Gwynn! That's not much of a suprise. They both were mentioned on more than 95% of all ballots.

I do believe, personally, that McGuire should be in. I also think that the Hall of Fame should have some sort of standard for this: They have to decide: should we let guys who "supposedly" (although we're sure he did) used steroids into the Hall of Fame.

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There's no objectivity in the voting

All the BBWAA douche bags do is vote on emotion. The clearest of evidence is the 8 voters that didn't vote for Cal Ripken Jr. and the fact than anyone voted for Dante Bichette.

by Willton on Jan 9, 2007 8:22 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Voters

Some voters have really dumb ideas- some will never vote for someone the first time they're up for election, and some will vote against a consensus choice so that no one is elected unanimously. What message these actions are supposed to send, I have no idea. I'm sure some people will vote against Mo arguing that a closer shouldn't be elected.
The thing I least understand is why votes change (sometimes drastically) year to year and depending on who else is on the ballot- Shaughnessy says that next year Goose and Rice will make it because the rest of the ballot is weak, but there's no rule that you have to vote a certain number each year- why are they worthy next year if not this year? The whole thing has become about the writers' egos, that they're somehow the gatekeepers to baseball Nirvana. Heck, it gives them a freebie topic to write about for a couple weeks each winter.

by SP on Jan 10, 2007 9:10 AM EST reply actions 0 recs