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Della9250 said:This one's a fun read. The early chatter on Biggio doesn't sound promising. The ballot tracking's going to be interesting.
http://www.nhregister.com/sports/20141210/david-borges-my-first-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot
Joe Williams said:Della9250 said:This one's a fun read. The early chatter on Biggio doesn't sound promising. The ballot tracking's going to be interesting.
http://www.nhregister.com/sports/20141210/david-borges-my-first-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot
"... they were both Cooperstown-bound before they allegedly started using, anyway."
Well heck, why don't we just stop games and hand them their plaques right on the mound or in the batter's box based on hard data to that point, after which they can resume their careers in any fashion they choose?
And the line he draws just in front of Sammy Sosa's nose (and presumably would have drawn in front of Palmeiro's) is more arbitrary and phony than that drawn by those who separate PED users from non-users.
Songbird said:"Borges's approach to Sosa is just the worst part of series of terrible explanations for a lazy ballot full of hypocrisy and cluelessness."
Words in that one sentence alone burst with positivity: worst, terrible, lazy, hypocrisy, cluelessness.
Songbird said:I'll leave that for Elaine Benes!!!!
Seriously, relax. It's all in good fun.