2013 MLB Hall of Fame Screechfest

Unfortunately, I think you are right about Thomas, which would be just one more failure by the voters.

 

I'm talking just evaluating him on performance alone, as if PEDs didn't matter. He's a slam dunk.

 

Frank Thomas will get in with more than 85 percent of the vote. Book it.

 

Are you suggesting the voters are basing their decision on guesswork rather than sticking to the areas in which they know what they are talking about? How dare you!

 

With the last five years of voting, including whatever happens today, that's impossible to believe.

 

This live announcement on MLB Network is going to be the modern equivalent of Geraldo opening Al Capone's vault.

 

Final update is at 194 ballots, which is 34 percent of last year's total.

Based on history, Morris is eight percent too low and Raines is eight percent too high.

70.1 - Biggio
60.3 - Piazza
59.8 - Raines
59.3 - Bagwell
59.3 - J. Morris
45.4 - Bonds
44.3 - Clemens
39.2 - Schilling
38.1 - L. Smith
37.6 - Trammell
35.6 - E. Martinez
20.1 - McGriff
18.6 - D. Murphy
16.5 - L. Walker
14.4 - McGwire
13.4 - S. Sosa
12.9 - Raffy
8.8 - Mattingly
3.1 - Lofton
2.1 - Bernie Williams
1.7 - P. Rose
0.5 - D. Wells
0.5 - J. Franco
0.5 - S. Alomar Jr.
0.5 - S. Green

 

Psst! Hey everybody! Someone start a new thread when the announcement comes out! But don't tell oop!

 

Other than perhaps Roberto Alomar, what position player that deserved to get in on the first ballot did not?

 

No one got in. Biggio was 39 votes short.

 

Jim Rice.

 

Awesome!